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N.Y. Penal Law § 145.27: Aggravated cemetery desecration in the first degree

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  1. Penal Law
  2. Part 3. Specific Offenses
  3. Title I. Offenses Involving Damage to and Intrusion Upon Property
  4. Article 145. Criminal Mischief and Related Offenses

§ 145.27 Aggravated cemetery desecration in the first degree.

A person is guilty of aggravated cemetery desecration in the first

degree when such person commits the crime of aggravated cemetery

desecration in the second degree and has been previously convicted

within the past five years of the crime of cemetery desecration in the

second degree as defined in section 145.22 of this article, cemetery

desecration in the first degree as defined in section 145.23 of this

article or aggravated cemetery desecration in the second degree as

defined in section 145.26 of this article.

Aggravated cemetery desecration in the first degree is a class D

felony.

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