When You Are The Victim
Exec. Law § 646-A — the pamphlet on crime victims' rights the district attorney provides
A pamphlet from the district attorney. The district attorney provides the victim, the parent or guardian of a minor, or a surviving family member in a homicide, at sentencing or at the earliest time possible, with a pamphlet detailing the rights of crime victims. It summarizes those rights and covers specifically:
- Compensation and services for crime victims.
- Routine notification of judicial proceedings in their case.
- Protection from intimidation, and protective orders where appropriate.
- Submitting a victim impact statement for the presentencing report and for the parole hearing.
- Where the defendant is being sentenced for a felony, requesting to make a statement at sentencing.
- Requesting restitution, with the district attorney presenting the request and helping with filing and collecting the order.
- Learning the defendant's incarceration status through the corrections department's office of victim assistance.
Registration. A victim or surviving family member who wants to be notified of a defendant's release from a state correctional facility registers with the corrections department's office of victim assistance.
Several of these rights apply only on request, or only to the offenses the section names. How they apply in a particular case is a question for a licensed New York attorney.
Sources for this section (1)
- Exec. Law § 646-a — Information relative to the fair treatment standards; pamphlet
Legal information, not legal advice. Verified as of October 2026. Applying it to a particular situation is the work of a licensed New York attorney.