Homicide and related offenses; definition · as in force on May 31, 2026
§ 125.05 Homicide and related offenses; definition.
The following definition is applicable to this article:
"Person," when referring to the victim of a homicide, means a human being who has been born and is alive.
For homicide offenses, a “person” as the victim means a human being who has been born and is alive. ★
Marked in the text: penalties, time limits, sums of money. Editorial emphasis added by this edition; it does not appear in the statute as enacted.
This provision appears in Volume 4 — The Court Clerk: Penal Law; Volume 1 — The Court Officer in Plain English; Volume 3 — The Court Officer: Penal Law; Volume 3 — Your Career: Penal Law in Plain English.