New York Laws
Article 230 - Removal of Action
230.10 - Removal of Action; From Supreme Court to County Court and From County Court to Supreme Court; at Instance of Court.

county court to supreme court; at instance of court.

Upon order of an appropriate court or judge, made at its or his own
instance pursuant to rules established by the appellate division of the
appropriate department, (a) an indictment filed with the supreme court
at a term held in a particular county outside of New York City may,
prior to entry of a plea of guilty thereto or commencement of a trial
thereof, be removed to the county court of such county, and (b) an
indictment filed in a county court may similarly be removed to the
supreme court at a term held or to be held in the same county. Each of
the appellate divisions of the second, third and fourth departments may
establish rules authorizing such removals with respect to the superior
courts within its department, and prescribing the courts or judges who
may order such removals and other procedural matters involved therein.

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