Aggravated manslaughter in the second degree · as in force on May 31, 2026
§ 125.21 Aggravated manslaughter in the second degree.
A person is guilty of aggravated manslaughter in the second degree when he or she recklessly causes the death of a police officer or peace officer where such officer was in the course of performing his or her official duties and the defendant knew or reasonably should have known that such victim was a police officer or peace officer.
Aggravated manslaughter in the second degree is a class C felony.
A person commits second-degree aggravated manslaughter by recklessly causing the death of an on-duty police or peace officer, while knowing or having reason to know the victim is such an officer. ★ It is a class C felony.
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.