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Provides for increase in penalty for threat with what appears to be a bomb
In Assembly Committee · Codes · Sponsor David Koon
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Title of bill
An act to amend the penal law, in relation to increasing penalties for robbery using a device that appears to be a bomb
Purpose of bill
Provides for increase in penalty for threat with what appears to be a bomb.
Summary of provisions
Section 1 amends Section 160.10, subdivision 2 paragraph (b) of the penal law by adding "a bomb" to the list of apparent weapons that, when displayed in the commission of a crime, constitutes a robbery in the second degree.
Section 2 sets the effective date as the first of November next succeeding the date on which it shall have become law.
Justification
Under existing law, if a person commits the crime of robbery while displaying a fake, replica or toy gun, or by feigning possession of a gun, that person would be guilty of either first or second degree robbery. Also under existing law, however, if the same person commits the crime of robbery while displaying a device that appears to be a bomb, that person would then only be guilty of third-degree robbery. Because the threat of a bomb in the commission of a crime is, at the very least, every bit as serious as the threat of a gun, this bill would amend existing law in order to ensure that the penalties in these two very similar crimes be consistent.
Legislative history
New bill.
Fiscal implications
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Effective date
This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeeding the date on which it shall have become law.
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