Bill Text: NY S06679 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Senate Bill 6679 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Provides that jury deliberations may be suspended upon good cause shown for up to seventy two hours.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-06-21 - COMMITTED TO RULES [S06679 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-S06679-Introduced.html

                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         6679
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                     March 8, 2012
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       Introduced by Sen. SALAND -- (at request of the Office of Court Adminis-
         tration)  --  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  suspending
         jury deliberations
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 310.10 of the  criminal  procedure
    2  law, as amended by chapter 47 of the laws of 2001, is amended to read as
    3  follows:
    4    2. At any time after the jury has been charged or commenced its delib-
    5  erations,  and after notice to the parties and affording such parties an
    6  opportunity to be heard on the record outside of  the  presence  of  the
    7  jury,  the  court  may declare the deliberations to be in recess and may
    8  thereupon direct the jury to suspend its deliberations and  to  separate
    9  for  a  reasonable  period  of time to be specified by the court, not to
   10  exceed twenty-four hours OR, UPON GOOD CAUSE SHOWN, NOT TO EXCEED SEVEN-
   11  TY-TWO HOURS, except that in the case of a Saturday, Sunday or  holiday,
   12  such  separation  may extend beyond such twenty-four OR SEVENTY-TWO hour
   13  period. Before each recess, the court must admonish the jury as provided
   14  in section 270.40 of this chapter and direct it not to resume its delib-
   15  erations until all twelve jurors  have  reassembled  in  the  designated
   16  place at the termination of the declared recess.
   17    S  2.  This  act shall take effect immediately, and shall apply to all
   18  criminal actions pending on or after such effective date.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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