Permits courts to remand a principal to the custody of the sheriff for felony offenses involving the possession of firearms and weapons.
Includes hate crimes in the list of offenses as to which the court has discretion to release the principal pending trial, fix bail or commit the principal to the custody of the sheriff.
Relates to the definition of serious offense and felony offenses against animals for purposes of possession of a firearm.
Includes offenses involving the possession, display or discharge of a firearm, rifle, shotgun, machine-gun, or disguised gun as qualifying offenses for the purpose of allowing a principal to be eligible to be held on bail.
Authorizes the court the discretion to release persons charged with certain crimes involving possession of a firearm on their own recognizance or under non-monetary conditions, fix bail, or commit the person to the custody of the sheriff.
Includes all hate crimes as a qualifying offense for the purposes of a court's determination to release the principal pending trial on the principal's own recognizance or under non-monetary conditions, fix bail, or, where the defendant is charged with a qualifying offense which is a felony, the court may commit the principal to the custody of the sheriff.
Requires the court to commit a defendant to the custody of the sheriff when such defendant is charged with an offense under the penal law involving the use or possession of a firearm, and such firearm is not legally registered, licensed or possessed in accordance with section 400.00 of the penal law.
Allows courts to consider the risk of continued substance abuse and likelihood of serious harm to the principal when considering committing such principal to the custody of the sheriff.
Allows courts to consider the risk of continued substance abuse and likelihood of serious harm to the principal when considering committing such principal to the custody of the sheriff.
Relates to proceedings involving adolescent offenders and the possession or use of weapons; provides for the access of applicable records; expands the meaning of extraordinary circumstances to include when the defendant is accused of an offense involving the use, possession, or display of a firearm, shotgun, rifle or other deadly weapon.