Bill Text: NY S06052 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Permits the videotaped examination of certain elderly special witnesses in grand jury proceedings where such witness possesses a restricted capacity to either ambulate or focus attention of specific events.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-01-04 - REFERRED TO CODES [S06052 Detail]
Download: New_York-2011-S06052-Introduced.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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6052
I N S E N A T E
(PREFILED)
January 4, 2012
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Introduced by Sen. VALESKY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Codes
AN ACT to amend the criminal procedure law, in relation to permitting
the videotaped examination of certain elderly special witnesses in
grand jury proceedings
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
1 Section 1. Subparagraph (i) of paragraph (b) of subdivision 1 of
2 section 190.32 of the criminal procedure law, as amended by chapter 320
3 of the laws of 2006, is amended to read as follows:
4 (i) Unable to attend and testify in person in the grand jury proceed-
5 ing because the person is [either] physically ill [or], incapacitated,
6 OR ELDERLY AND POSSESSES A RESTRICTED CAPACITY TO EITHER AMBULATE OR
7 ADEQUATELY FOCUS ATTENTION ON SPECIFIC EVENTS OR OCCURRENCES; or
8 S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD04499-01-1
