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S 329: Relates to facilitating appellate review of rulings that implicate issues of public concern.
What S 329 does, verified May 19, 2026
The bill aims to improve the appellate review process for rulings that involve public concerns. It ensures that orders denying motions to suppress evidence can be reviewed on appeal, regardless of whether the defendant pleaded guilty or waived their right to appeal. This change provides an additional layer of protection for defendants and allows for a more thorough examination of the evidence. The bill takes effect 60 days after it becomes law.
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Last action: returned to senate (2026-05-18)Alert me
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| May. 18, 2026 | returned to senate |
| May. 18, 2026 | passed assembly |
| May. 18, 2026 | ordered to third reading cal.24 |
| May. 18, 2026 | substituted for a673a |
| Apr. 22, 2026 | referred to codes |
Latest bill textIntroduced version, January 8, 2025 · 204 words
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 329 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN SENATE (Prefiled) January 8, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sens. BAILEY, BRISPORT, COMRIE, HOYLMAN-SIGAL, KRUEGER, MYRIE, RIVERA, SALAZAR -- 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 facilitating appellate review of rulings that implicate issues of public concern 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 710.70 of the criminal procedure 2 law is amended to read as follows: 3 2. An order finally denying a motion to suppress evidence [may] shall 4 be [reviewed] reviewable upon an appeal from an ensuing judgment of 5 conviction notwithstanding the fact that such judgment is entered upon a 6 plea of guilty and not withstanding an otherwise enforceable waiver of 7 the right to appeal. 8 § 2. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall 9 have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD00202-02-5
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