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240.75 – Aggravated family offense

§ 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 130.30 (rape in the second degree); section 130.35
(rape in the first degree); section 130.40 (criminal sexual act in the
third degree); section 130.45 (criminal sexual act in the second
degree); section 130.50 (criminal sexual act in the first degree);
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 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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