What's happening
This bill removes the requirement that negotiated short jail sentences without pre-sentencing reports apply only to New York City, making it statewide.
Why it matters
Makes the criminal justice process more flexible statewide. by allowing judges and parties anywhere in New York to bypass pre-sentence investigation reports for negotiated jail sentences of a year or less, potentially speeding up case resolutions outside NYC.
May help reduce court backlogs and administrative burdens. since pre-sentence reports can be time-consuming and resource-intensive—especially for minor or lower-level cases where the facts are not in dispute.
Could lead to more uniform plea bargaining practices across the state. , ensuring that defendants in smaller cities and rural areas have access to the same sentencing efficiencies previously limited to New York City.
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In Senate Committee · Rules · Sponsor Patrick M. Gallivan
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STATE OF NEW YORK
6920
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
March 24, 2017
Introduced by M. of A. PAULIN -- read once and referred to the Committee on Codes
AN ACT to amend the criminal procedure law, in relation to negotiated sentence of imprisonment
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Subdivision 5 of section 390.20 of the criminal procedure law, as added by chapter 556 of the laws of 2013, is amended to read as follows:
5. Negotiated sentence of imprisonment. [In any city having a population of one million or more and notwithstanding] Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision one or two of this section, a pre-sentence investigation and written report thereon shall not be required where a negotiated sentence of imprisonment for a term of three hundred sixtyfive days or less has been mutually agreed upon by the parties with consent of the judge, as a result of a conviction or revocation of a sentence of probation.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD00245-01-7
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