New York S 1285: Relates to jury deliberations

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S01285 Summary:

BILL NOS01285A

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SAME ASSAME AS A01471

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SPONSORPERSAUD

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COSPNSRCHAN, GALLIVAN, JACKSON, MURRAY, RHOADS, ROLISON, SKOUFIS, WEBB

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §310.30, CP L

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Allows for written instructions regarding elements to be supplied to a jury.

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BILL NOS01285A

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01/09/2025REFERRED TO CODES

01/27/20251ST REPORT CAL.179

01/28/2025AMENDED 1285A

01/28/20252ND REPORT CAL.

02/03/2025ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

04/08/2025PASSED SENATE

04/08/2025DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

04/08/2025referred to codes

01/07/2026died in assembly

01/07/2026returned to senate

01/07/2026REFERRED TO CODES

02/24/20261ST REPORT CAL.367

02/25/20262ND REPORT CAL.

02/26/2026ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

03/05/2026PASSED SENATE

03/05/2026DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

03/05/2026referred to codes

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 1285--A
 Cal. No. 179

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 January 9, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sens. PERSAUD, JACKSON, ROLISON, SKOUFIS -- read twice and
 ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on
 Codes -- reported favorably from said committee, ordered to first
 report, amended on first report, ordered to a second report and
 ordered reprinted, retaining its place in the order of second report

 AN ACT to amend the criminal procedure law, in relation to jury deliber-
 ations

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

 1 Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Tiarah
 2 Poyau Act".
 3 § 2. Section 310.30 of the criminal procedure law, as amended by chap-
 4 ter 208 of the laws of 1980, is amended to read as follows:
 5 § 310.30 Jury deliberation; request for information.
 6 At any time during its deliberation, the jury may request the court
 7 for further instruction or information with respect to the law, with
 8 respect to the content or substance of any trial evidence, or with
 9 respect to any other matter pertinent to the jury's consideration of the
 10 case. Upon such a request, the court must direct that the jury be
 11 returned to the courtroom and, after notice to both the people and coun-
 12 sel for the defendant, and in the presence of the defendant, must give
 13 such requested information or instruction as the court deems proper.
 14 With the consent of the parties and upon the request of the jury for
 15 further instruction with respect to a statute, the court may also give
 16 to the jury copies of the text of any statute which, in its discretion,
 17 the court deems proper. In addition, where the jury requests written
 18 instructions regarding the elements of any offense submitted, or of any
 19 defense or affirmative defense submitted in relation thereto, the court
 20 may provide the jury with such written instructions as the jury has
 21 requested and any other written instruction relevant to the instructions
 22 requested by the jury that the court deems proper. Before giving to the

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD00079-03-5

 S. 1285--A 2

 1 jury such written instructions regarding the elements of any offense or
 2 of any defense or affirmative defense pursuant to this section, the
 3 court shall permit counsel to examine such written instructions, shall
 4 afford counsel an opportunity to be heard, shall mark such written
 5 instructions as a court exhibit and shall read the instructions to the
 6 jury.
 7 § 3. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
 8 it shall have become a law.

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