New York A02254 amends the penal law to redefine and adjust sentencing for hindering prosecution and conspiracy offenses.

New York A02254 amends the penal law to redefine and adjust sentencing for hindering prosecution and conspiracy offenses. It introduces a new offense of hindering prosecution in the third degree, where a person renders criminal assistance to someone who has committed a felony. This offense is classified as a class E felony. Additionally, it modifies the classification of hindering prosecution in the first degree, now requiring assistance to someone who has committed a class A felony, with knowledge or belief of the crime, and reclassifies it as a class B felony.

New York A02254 amends the penal law to redefine and adjust sentencing for hindering prosecution and conspiracy offenses.

New York A02254 amends the penal law to redefine and adjust sentencing for hindering prosecution and conspiracy offenses. It introduces a new offense of hindering prosecution in the third degree, where a person renders criminal assistance to someone who has committed a felony. This offense is classified as a class E felony. Additionally, it modifies the classification of hindering prosecution in the first degree, now requiring assistance to someone who has committed a class A felony, with knowledge or belief of the crime, and reclassifies it as a class B felony.