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NY S07763
Bill
Status
Introduced
6/18/2012
Primary Sponsor
David Carlucci
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AI Summary
- Expands the definition of "youth" in criminal procedure law from persons aged 16-19 to persons aged 16-21 years old
- Requires courts to mandate a pre-sentence investigation upon conviction of an eligible youth before determining youthful offender status
- Allows courts discretionary authority to designate eligible youths as youthful offenders if doing so serves the interests of justice and avoids imposing indeterminate sentences exceeding four years
- Mandates that courts must find a youth is a youthful offender in local criminal court cases where the defendant was aged 16-19 at the time of the alleged crime and had no prior criminal convictions or youthful offender findings
- Takes effect November 1st following the date the bill becomes law
Legislative Description
Alters the definition of "youth" to mean a person who is at least sixteen years old and less than twenty-one years old; provides that where a crime is had in a local criminal court and the eligible youth charged with a crime is alleged to have been committed when he or she was at least sixteen years old and less than nineteen years had not prior to the commencement of trial or entry of a plea of guilty been convicted of a crime or found a youthful offender, the court must find that he or she is a youthful offender.
Last Action
REFERRED TO RULES
6/18/2012
Committee Referrals
Rules6/18/2012
Full Bill Text
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