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N.Y. Penal Law § 240.75: Aggravated family offense

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  1. Penal Law
  2. Part 3. Specific Offenses
  3. Title N. Offenses Against Public Order, Public Sensibilities and the Right to Privacy
  4. Article 240. Offenses Against Public Order

§ 240.75 Aggravated family offense.

1. A person is guilty of aggravated family offense when he or she

commits a misdemeanor defined in subdivision two of this section as a

specified offense and he or she has been convicted of one or more

specified offenses within the immediately preceding five years. For the

purposes of this subdivision, in calculating the five year period, any

period of time during which the defendant was incarcerated for any

reason between the time of the commission of any of such previous

offenses and the time of commission of the present crime shall be

excluded and such five year period shall be extended by a period or

periods equal to the time served under such incarceration.

2. A "specified offense" is an offense defined in section 120.00

(assault in the third degree); section 120.05 (assault in the second

degree); section 120.10 (assault in the first degree); section 120.13

(menacing in the first degree); section 120.14 (menacing in the second

degree); section 120.15 (menacing in the third degree); section 120.20

(reckless endangerment in the second degree); section 120.25 (reckless

endangerment in the first degree); section 120.45 (stalking in the

fourth degree); section 120.50 (stalking in the third degree); section

120.55 (stalking in the second degree); section 120.60 (stalking in the

first degree); section 121.11 (criminal obstruction of breathing or

blood circulation); section 121.12 (strangulation in the second degree);

section 121.13 (strangulation in the first degree); subdivision one of

section 125.15 (manslaughter in the second degree); subdivision one, two

or four of section 125.20 (manslaughter in the first degree); section

125.25 (murder in the second degree); section 130.20 (sexual

misconduct); section 130.25 (rape in the third degree); section 130.30

(rape in the second degree); section 130.35 (rape in the first degree);

formerly defined in section 130.40; formerly defined in section 130.45;

formerly defined in section 130.50; defined in section 130.52 (forcible

touching); section 130.53 (persistent sexual abuse); section 130.55

(sexual abuse in the third degree); section 130.60 (sexual abuse in the

second degree); section 130.65 (sexual abuse in the first degree);

section 130.66 (aggravated sexual abuse in the third degree); section

130.67 (aggravated sexual abuse in the second degree); section 130.70

(aggravated sexual abuse in the first degree); section 130.91 (sexually

motivated felony); section 130.95 (predatory sexual assault); section

130.96 (predatory sexual assault against a child); section 135.05

(unlawful imprisonment in the second degree); section 135.10 (unlawful

imprisonment in the first degree); section 135.60 (coercion in the third

degree); section 135.61 (coercion in the second degree); section 135.65

(coercion in the first degree); section 140.20 (burglary in the third

degree); section 140.25 (burglary in the second degree); section 140.30

(burglary in the first degree); section 145.00 (criminal mischief in the

fourth degree); section 145.05 (criminal mischief in the third degree);

section 145.10 (criminal mischief in the second degree); section 145.12

(criminal mischief in the first degree); section 145.14 (criminal

tampering in the third degree); section 215.50 (criminal contempt in the

second degree); section 215.51 (criminal contempt in the first degree);

section 215.52 (aggravated criminal contempt); section 240.25

(harassment in the first degree); subdivision one, two or four of

section 240.30 (aggravated harassment in the second degree); aggravated

family offense as defined in this section or any attempt or conspiracy

to commit any of the foregoing offenses where the defendant and the

person against whom the offense was committed were members of the same

family or household as defined in subdivision one of section 530.11 of

the criminal procedure law.

3. The person against whom the current specified offense is committed

may be different from the person against whom the previous specified

offense was committed and such persons do not need to be members of the

same family or household.

Aggravated family offense is a class E felony.

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