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NY S 4592

in committee

Allows evidence of a defendant's prior crimes or acts to be admissible in a criminal case for certain purposes

New York · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper

Description

Allows evidence of a defendant's prior crimes or acts to be admissible in a criminal case for certain purposes including as proof of motive, opportunity, intent, preparation, plan, knowledge, state of mind of the defendant, state of mind of the victim or other party, absence of mistake or accident, identity, modus operandi, or common scheme or plan; requires that the prosecution provide reasonable notice of the general nature of any such evidence it intends to introduce at trial.

Introduced
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Status date
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Latest action
2026-01-07 — REFERRED TO CODES
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • Michael Gianarisprimary
  • Brad Hoylman-Sigalcosponsor
  • Jessica Scarcella-Spantoncosponsor
  • Luis R. Sepúlvedacosponsor

Committees

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Action timeline

  1. 2025-02-10

    REFERRED TO CODES

    referral-committee

  2. 2026-01-07

    REFERRED TO CODES

    referral-committee

Versions

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Votes

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Official source

https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/bills/2025-2026/S4592?summary=&detail=

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