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A00153 Actions:

BILL NOA00153
 
01/04/2023referred to codes
01/03/2024referred to codes
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A00153 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                           153
 
                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                       (Prefiled)
 
                                     January 4, 2023
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  M. of A. CRUZ, L. ROSENTHAL, MEEKS, JACKSON -- read once
          and referred to the Committee on Codes
 
        AN ACT to amend the criminal procedure  law,  in  relation  to  enabling
          appellate  review  of  the  fairness and appropriateness of an imposed
          sentence

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section  1.  Paragraph  (c)  of subdivision 2 of section 470.15 of the
     2  criminal procedure law is amended to read as follows:
     3    (c) Upon  a  determination  that  a  sentence  imposed  upon  a  valid
     4  conviction  is illegal or unduly harsh or severe, the court [may] shall,
     5  notwithstanding an otherwise enforceable waiver of  appeal,  modify  the
     6  judgment  by  reversing it with respect to the sentence and by otherwise
     7  affirming it.
     8    § 2. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth  day  after  it  shall
     9  have become a law.
 
 
 
 
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD02004-01-3
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