New York S 4192: Relates to the determination of appeals in criminal proceedings

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S04192 Summary:

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Amd §§470.05 & 470.15, CP L; amd §212, Judy L

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Relates to the determination of appeals; requires a showing of harmlessness; requires a consideration of all errors or defects regardless of whether they were raised during trial if such error is the result of ineffective assistance of counsel or may have contributed to the verdict.

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02/03/2025REFERRED TO CODES

01/07/2026REFERRED TO CODES

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 4192

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 February 3, 2025
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 Introduced by Sen. GOUNARDES -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Codes

 AN ACT to amend the criminal procedure law and the judiciary law, in
 relation to determination of appeals

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

 1 Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 470.05 of the criminal procedure
 2 law is amended to read as follows:
 3 1. (a) An appellate court must determine an appeal without regard to
 4 technical errors or defects which do not affect the substantial rights
 5 of the parties.
 6 (b) When an appellate court considers errors which require a showing
 7 of harm to the proceedings, the burden is on the party claiming harm-
 8 lessness to show that the error was harmless beyond a reasonable doubt.
 9 § 2. Section 470.15 of the criminal procedure law is amended by adding
 10 two new subdivisions 7 and 8 to read as follows:
 11 7. The court shall consider all errors or defects in the interest of
 12 justice, even if they were not duly protested at trial as prescribed in
 13 subdivision two of section 470.05 of this article so as to present a
 14 question of law, where a defendant asserts that such failure to protest
 15 is the result of ineffective assistance of counsel or where an error or
 16 defect may have contributed to a jury verdict.
 17 8. Where an appellate court considers an error or defect and deems it
 18 to be technical and not affecting the substantial rights of the parties
 19 as provided in subdivision one of section 470.05 of this article, it
 20 shall record the race, ethnicity, national origin, age, and gender iden-
 21 tity of the appellant. Such information shall then be included in the
 22 annual report submitted to the legislature and governor pursuant to
 23 paragraph (j) of subdivision one of section two hundred twelve of the
 24 judiciary law, in a manner consistent with the provisions of paragraph
 25 (ff) of subdivision two of such section.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD07394-01-5

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 1 § 3. Subdivision 2 of section 212 of the judiciary law is amended by
 2 adding a new paragraph (ff) to read as follows:
 3 (ff) The chief administrator shall include the information required to
 4 be recorded in subdivision eight of section 470.15 of the criminal
 5 procedure law, both across all appellate courts and disaggregated by
 6 county, in the annual report submitted to the legislature and the gover-
 7 nor pursuant to paragraph (j) of subdivision one of this section. The
 8 chief administrator shall also make such information available to the
 9 public by posting it on the website of the office of court adminis-
 10 tration and shall update such information on a yearly basis. The infor-
 11 mation shall be posted in alphanumeric form that can be digitally trans-
 12 mitted or processed and not in portable document format or scanned
 13 copies of original documents.
 14 § 4. This act shall take effect immediately and shall apply to all
 15 appeals pending as of such effective date and to all appeals filed on
 16 and after such date.

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