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NY A11122
Bill
Status
11/6/2020
Primary Sponsor
Michael Reilly
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AI Summary
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Permits courts to consider dangerousness to persons or the community as a basis for detention, allowing judges discretion to hold defendants on their own recognizance, under non-monetary conditions, or commit them to sheriff custody based on danger assessments.
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Limits pre-trial detention to 90 days for misdemeanors and 180 days for felonies when based on dangerousness findings, with prosecutors able to request extensions if appropriate in the interests of justice.
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Extends prosecution discovery obligations from 15 to 45 calendar days after arraignment for initial disclosures and from 15 to 45 days before trial for supplemental disclosures.
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Permits immediate issuance of bench warrants for failure to appear in hate crime cases without the standard 48-hour notice requirement otherwise mandated.
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Restricts issuance of appearance tickets to persons who have a pending case for the same offense within the previous six months or a prior conviction for the same offense within the previous two years.
Legislative Description
Permits judicial discretion based on dangerousness when issuing a securing order and allows for limited pre-trial detention upon such a determination; extends the time period for discovery from fifteen to forty-five days; permits the immediate issuance of a bench warrant for failure to appear for certain principals charged with hate crimes; places restrictions on when appearance tickets may be issued.
Last Action
referred to codes
11/6/2020