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CJI2d[NY] Penal Law § 240.33
AGGRAVATED HARASSMENT OF A JUDGE
The offense of Aggravated Harassment of a Judge replicates the offense Aggravated Harassment in the Second Degree, except for the references to a judge (or a member of the judge’s immediate family).
Thus, the jury instructions for Aggravated Harassment in the Second Degree, with the insertion of the applicable references to a judge (or a member of the judge’s immediate family) may be utilized for a charge of Aggravated Harassment of a Judge.
And add the following in the definition section of the instruction:
JUDGE means a judge of a court of record or a justice court. The (specify name of court) is (specify either: court of record or justice court).¹
IMMEDIATE FAMILY means the spouse, former spouse, parent, child, sibling, or any other person who regularly resides or has regularly resided in the household of a person.²
History
Caption: AGGRAVATED HARASSMENT OF A JUDGE Penal Law § 240.33 Committed on or after July 19, 2024. Read from the committee's Word file. Prepared by the New York State Unified Court System Committee on Criminal Jury Instructions, Model Colloquies, and Evidence Rules; published by the Unified Court System at nycourts.gov (the internet edition is the only current and official publication of CJI2d).
Provenance
- Source
- nycourts.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-25
- Edition
- 2026-09-25
- Content hash
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