A 1429: Limits reversals for failure of prompt prosecution where there is no violation of periods of limitations, speedy trial time periods, and no showing of material prejudice resulting from unreasonable delay.

  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 1429 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN ASSEMBLY January 9, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. PAULIN -- read once and referred to the Committee on Codes AN ACT to amend the criminal procedure law, in relation to limiting reversals for failure of prompt prosecution under certain circum- stances The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 30.20 of the criminal procedure law is amended by 2 adding a new subdivision 3 to read as follows: 3 3. A conviction shall not be reversed for failure of prompt prose- 4 cution where there is no violation of sections 30.10 and 30.30 of this 5 article, and no showing of material prejudice to the defendant resulting 6 from unreasonable delay. 7 § 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall 8 have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD03789-01-5