Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie, D-Bronx, said his chamber isn’t likely to act in the near term on the bill, which is a legislative response to public discontent about the New York Court of Appeals’ overturn of Harvey Weinstein’s 2020 rape conviction.
May 30, 2024 at 04:42 PM
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Litigation Reporter
Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie, D-Bronx, explained to reporters on Thursday why the House has been hesitant to approve legislation that would make an 11th-hour change to a more than 100-year-old rule relative to admitting evidence of prior bad acts in sex assault trials in New York.
According to Heastie, the lower legislative chamber is heeding concerns from the state’s defense bar.
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Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie speaks during a press conference in 2021 in Albany, New York. Photo: Ryland West/ALM
