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Article 190 - The Grand Jury and Its Proceedings
190.05 - Grand Jury; Definition and General Functions. - A grand jury is a body consisting of not less...
190.10 - Grand Jury; for What Courts Drawn. - The appellate division of each judicial department shall adopt rules...
190.15 - Grand Jury; Duration of Term and Discharge. - 1. A term of a superior court for which a...
190.20 - Grand Jury; Formation, Organization and Other Matters Preliminary to Assumption of Duties. - (a) At any time before a grand jury is sworn,...
190.25 - Grand Jury; Proceedings and Operation in General. - (a) The district attorney; (b) A clerk or other public...
190.30 - Grand Jury; Rules of Evidence. - (a) that person's ownership or lawful custody of, or license...
190.32 - Videotaped Examination; Definitions, Application, Order and Procedure. - (a) "Child witness" means a person twelve years old or...
190.35 - Grand Jury; Definitions of Terms. - The term definitions contained in section 50.10 are applicable to...
190.40 - Grand Jury; Witnesses, Compulsion of Evidence and Immunity. - (a) He has effectively waived such immunity pursuant to section...
190.45 - Grand Jury; Waiver of Immunity. - 1. A waiver of immunity is a written instrument subscribed...
190.50 - Grand Jury; Who May Call Witnesses; Defendant as Witness. - (a) When a criminal charge against a person is being...
190.52 - Grand Jury; Attorney for Witness. - 1. Any person who appears as a witness and has...
190.55 - Grand Jury; Matters to Be Heard and Examined; Duties and Authority of District Attorney. - (a) A district attorney must submit to a grand jury...
190.60 - Grand Jury; Action to Be Taken. - After hearing and examining evidence as prescribed in section 190.55,...
190.65 - Grand Jury; When Indictment Is Authorized. - 1. Subject to the rules prescribing the kinds of offenses...
190.70 - Grand Jury; Direction to File Prosecutor's Information and Related Matters. - related matters. 1. Except in a case submitted to it...
190.71 - Grand Jury; Direction to File Request for Removal to Family Court. - (a) Except as provided in subdivision six of section 200.20...
190.75 - Grand Jury; Dismissal of Charge. - 1. If upon a charge that a designated person committed...
190.80 - Grand Jury; Release of Defendant Upon Failure of Timely Grand Jury Action. - (a) The lack of a grand jury disposition during such...
190.85 - Grand Jury; Grand Jury Reports. - (a) Concerning misconduct, non-feasance or neglect in public office by...
190.90 - Grand Jury; Appeal From Order Concerning Grand Jury Reports. - 1. When a court makes an order accepting a report...
Article 195 - Waiver of Indictment
195.10 - Waiver of Indictment; in General. - (a) a local criminal court has held the defendant for...
195.20 - Waiver of Indictment; Written Instrument. - (a) under the constitution of the state of New York...
195.30 - Waiver of Indictment; Approval of Waiver by the Court. - The court shall determine whether the waiver of indictment complies...
195.40 - Waiver of Indictment; Filing of Superior Court Information. - (a) The failure of the district attorney to file a...
Article 200 - Indictment and Related Instruments
200.10 - Indictment; Definition. - An indictment is a written accusation by a grand jury,...
200.15 - Superior Court Information; Definition. - A superior court information is a written accusation by a...
200.20 - Indictment; What Offenses May Be Charged; Joinder of Offenses and Consolidation of Indictments. - (a) They are based upon the same act or upon...
200.30 - Indictment; Duplicitous Counts Prohibited. - 1. Each count of an indictment may charge one offense...
200.40 - Indictment; Joinder of Defendants and Consolidation of Indictments Against Different Defendants. - (a) all such defendants are jointly charged with every offense...
200.50 - Indictment; Form and Content. - (a) asserts facts supporting every element of the offense charged...
200.60 - Indictment; Allegations of Previous Convictions Prohibited. - (a) If the defendant admits the previous conviction, that element...
200.61 - Indictment; Special Information for Operators of For-Hire Vehicles. - (a) If the defendant admits that the alleged victim of...
200.62 - Indictment; Special Information for Child Sexual Assault Offender. - (a) If the defendant admits that the alleged victim was...
200.63 - Indictment; Special Information for Aggravated Family Offense. - (a)(i) If the previous conviction is for an aggravated family...
200.65 - Indictment; Special Information for Enterprise Corruption and Criminal Possession or Use of a Biological Weapon or Chemical Weapon. - criminal possession or use of a biological weapon or chemical...
200.70 - Indictment; Amendment Of. - (a) A failure thereof to charge or state an offense;...
200.80 - Indictment; Superseding Indictments. - If at any time before entry of a plea of...
200.95 - Indictment; Bill of Particulars. - (b) "Request for a bill of particulars" is a written...
Article 210 - Proceedings in Superior Court From Filing of Indictment to Plea
210.05 - Indictment and Superior Court Information Exclusive Methods of Prosecution. - prosecution. The only methods of prosecuting an offense in a...
210.10 - Requirement of and Methods of Securing Defendant's Appearance for Arraignment Upon Indictment. - (a) He has reasonable cause to believe that the defendant...
210.15 - Arraignment Upon Indictment; Defendant's Rights, Court's Instructions and Bail Matters. - (a) To an adjournment for the purpose of obtaining counsel;...
210.16 - Requirement of HIV Related Testing in Certain Cases. - (b) For the purposes of this section, the terms "victim"...
210.20 - Motion to Dismiss or Reduce Indictment. - (a) Such indictment or count is defective, within the meaning...
210.25 - Motion to Dismiss Indictment; as Defective. - An indictment or a count thereof is defective within the...
210.30 - Motion to Dismiss or Reduce Indictment on Ground of Insufficiency of Grand Jury Evidence; Motion to Inspect Grand Jury Minutes. - insufficiency of grand jury evidence; motion to inspect grand jury...
210.35 - Motion to Dismiss Indictment; Defective Grand Jury Proceeding. - A grand jury proceeding is defective within the meaning of...
210.40 - Motion to Dismiss Indictment; in Furtherance of Justice. - (a) the seriousness and circumstances of the offense; (b) the...
210.45 - Motion to Dismiss Indictment; Procedure. - (a) The moving papers allege a ground constituting legal basis...
210.46 - Adjournment in Contemplation of Dismissal in Marihuana Cases in a Superior Court. - in a superior court. Upon or after arraignment in a...
210.47 - Adjournment in Contemplation of Dismissal in Misdemeanor Cases in Superior Court. - in superior court. Upon or after the arraignment in a...
210.50 - Requirement of Plea. - Unless an indictment is dismissed or the criminal action thereon...
Article 215 - Adjournment in Contemplation of Dismissal for Purposes of Referring Selected Felonies to Dispute Resolution
215.10 - Referral of Selected Felonies to Dispute Resolution. - Upon or after arraignment in a local criminal court upon...
215.20 - Victim; Definition. - For purposes of section 215.10 of this article, "victim" means...
215.30 - Adjournment in Contemplation of Dismissal; Restoration to Calendar; Dismissal of Action. - calendar; dismissal of action. Upon issuing an order adjourning an...
215.40 - Dismissal of Action; Effect Thereof; Records. - If an action has not been restored to the calendar...
Article 216 - Judicial Diversion Program for Certain Felony Offenders
216.00 - Definitions. - (a) within the preceding ten years, excluding any time during...
216.05 - Judicial Diversion Program; Court Procedures. - (i) the defendant had within the preceding ten years (excluding...