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- Print number 9160a
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Relates to the crime of aggravated murder involving certain business owners
In Senate Committee · Finance · Sponsor Ruben Diaz
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BILL NUMBER:A9160A
Title of bill
An act to amend the penal law, in relation to the crime of aggravated murder involving certain business owners and their employ- ees
Purpose
Relates to the crime of aggravated murder involving certain business owners.
Summary of provisions
Section 1. Amends paragraph (b) of subdivision two and the opening paragraph of subdivision 3 of section 125.26 of the penal law, paragraph (b) of subdivision 2 as added and the opening para- graph of subdivision 3 as amended by chapter 482 of the laws of 2009 by adding intent to cause the death of the owner of a grocery store, bode- ga, taxi cab or livery cab or such owners' employees while they are acting in the normal course of their employment.
Section 2. Provides that a defendant may be sentenced to life imprison- ment without parole upon conviction for the crime of aggravated murder.
Section 3. Requires a sentence of life imprisonment without parole for a conviction of aggravated murder.
Section 4. Effective Date
Justification
Recent news accounts have reported three fatal murders involving livery cab drivers that occurred between May 10 and August 23, 2009 in the Bronx. Jose Pena-Seguira, 42 was shot once in the head inside his cab. He was pronounced dead in a hospital approximately thir- ty minutes later. Ndiaye Amadau, 46 was fatally shot in the chest in his cab. Roberto Pinta, 37 was shot three times in the back during what was reported as a failed robbery.
A fourth cab driver, Pericles Sales, 32, was found shot in the head early on the morning of August 30, 2009 in Yonkers, NY. His wife and young daughter survive him.
No one deserves to work under such stressful conditions and no one should have to fear for his or life while simply trying to do a job.
This legislation imposes a sentence of life imprisonment without parole upon conviction for the crime of aggravated murder of a cab or livery cab owner or employee, or the owner or employee of a grocery store or bodega, when the murder occurs during the normal course of business.
Legislative history
New bill
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None
Effective date
Immediately
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