New York Prosecutors Training Institute
NYPTI Law - NYS Statutes
ยง 755. Suspended judgment. (a) Rules of court shall define permissible
terms and conditions of a suspended judgment. The court may order as a
condition of a suspended judgment restitution or services for public
good pursuant to section seven hundred fifty-eight-a, and, except when
the respondent has been assigned to a facility in accordance with
subdivision four of section five hundred four of the executive law, in
cases wherein the record indicates that the consumption of alcohol by
the respondent may have been a contributing factor, the court may order
attendance at and completion of an alcohol awareness program established
pursuant to section 19.25 of the mental hygiene law.
(b) The maximum duration of any term or condition of a suspended
judgment is one year, unless the court finds at the conclusion of that
period that exceptional circumstances require an additional period of
one year.
