Bill Sponsors: NY A00556 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly

Bill Title: Amends numerous provisions of law regarding discovery procedure and requirements in criminal cases including provisions for discovery by defendant of arrest and complaint reports and discovery by the prosecutor; eliminates demand discovery; requires prosecutor to make available to defense within 15 days of arraignment materials and information and to make a good faith effort to ascertain existence of discoverable material; makes provisions on protective orders.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-01-04 - referred to codes [A00556 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Sponsors

NameTypeSponsorshipDistrictFinancialEncyclopediaBiography
Assemblymember Joseph Lentol [D]PrimarySponsored BillsHD-050FollowTheMoneyBallotpediaVoteSmart

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