Bill Text: NY A00921 | 2025-2026 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Clarifies certain provisions relating to protective orders for juries.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Engrossed) 2025-01-28 - REFERRED TO RULES [A00921 Detail]

Download: New_York-2025-A00921-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                           921

                               2025-2026 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                       (Prefiled)

                                     January 8, 2025
                                       ___________

        Introduced by M. of A. LAVINE -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Codes

        AN  ACT  to  amend the criminal procedure law, in relation to protective
          orders for juries

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. Subdivision 1-a of section 270.15 of the criminal procedure
     2  law,  as  amended by a chapter of the laws of 2024 amending the criminal
     3  procedure law relating to protective orders for juries, as  proposed  in
     4  legislative  bills  numbers  S.  6239 and A. 7495, is amended to read as
     5  follows:
     6    1-a. The court may [for], upon a finding  that  there  is  good  cause
     7  [shown]  to believe that a threat to the safety or integrity of the jury
     8  exists, upon motion of either party or any affected person or  upon  its
     9  own  initiative, issue a protective order for a stated period regulating
    10  disclosure of the names and the business or residential address  of  any
    11  prospective or sworn juror to any person or persons, other than to coun-
    12  sel  for  either  party.   In determining whether good cause exists, the
    13  court may consider:
    14    (a) whether the defendant or persons acting on behalf of the defendant
    15  have bribed, tampered with, or caused or  attempted  to  cause  physical
    16  injury  to  or harassed a juror or prospective juror in another criminal
    17  action or proceeding or in the instant criminal action or proceeding;
    18    (b) the seriousness of the charges against  the  defendant,  including
    19  whether  the  defendant  is  charged with participating in a large-scale
    20  criminal enterprise; and
    21    (c) the extent of pretrial publicity concerning the criminal action or
    22  proceeding.
    23    § 2. This act shall take effect on the  same  date  and  in  the  same
    24  manner  as a chapter of the laws of 2024 amending the criminal procedure
    25  law relating to protective orders for juries, as proposed in legislative
    26  bills numbers S. 6239 and A. 7495, takes effect.

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD02717-01-5