Bill Sponsors: NY S00835 | 2009-2010 | General Assembly

Bill Title: Redefines an immunity recipient as a person who has been a witness in a legal proceeding and who has given evidence therein, and whose evidence (or any information directly or indirectly derived therefrom) may not be used against him in any criminal case; provides that a prosecutor may use evidence from a source independent of the defendant's immunized testimony against such immunity recipient; provides that, upon a motion by such immunity recipient to suppress such independent evidence, it shall be the burden of the prosecution to prove, beyond a reasonable doubt, that such evidence was derived from an independent source.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-01-06 - REFERRED TO CODES [S00835 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Sponsors

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