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- Referred to codes
- Delivered to assembly
- Passed senateVote 57–3
- Advanced to third reading
- 2nd report cal.
- 1st report cal.491
- Referred to codes
- Returned to senate
- Died in assembly
- Referred to codes
- Delivered to assembly
- Passed senateVote 58–4
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- Ordered to third reading cal.721
- Committee discharged and committed to rules
- Print number 3694a
- Amend (t) and recommit to codes
- Referred to codes
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Permits sentences for two or more crimes committed through a single act to run consecutively when one of such crimes is a homicide
In Assembly Committee · Codes · Sponsor Frank Skartados
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Sponsor's memo
BILL NUMBER:S3694A
Title of bill
An act to amend the penal law, in relation to consecutive sentences for homicide offenses
Purpose
This bill authorizes the imposition of consecutive sentences of imprisonment for homicide offenses against more than one person that are committed in a single act.
Summary of provisions
Section 1 amends the penal law to authorize consecutive sentences if one or more of the sentences are for homicide and a separate person is the victim of each offense.
Existing law
Under current law, sentencing runs concurrently, regardless of the number of victims killed in a single act.
Justification
On August 1, 2012, a car carrying two children and their parents was hit when a parole violator ran a red light in an effort to escape from the police. The accident resulted in the death of both parents. The defendant pleaded guilty to two counts of second-degree manslaughter. He faced a maximum sentence of seven to fifteen years in prison. As a result of the current law, the judge was mandated to sentence the defendant to concurrent terms, even though he took the lives of two individuals.
This bill will authorize judges to impose sentences that run consecutively for assault and homicide convictions when the single act involves two or more victims This will help to ensure that the extent of a defendant's sentence will directly and appropriately relate to the amount of suffering he or she has caused to society.
Legislative history
2014: S7482 Passed Senate
Local fiscal implications
None
Effective date
The first of November after enactment.
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