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Article 220 - The Plea
220.10 - Plea; Kinds of Pleas. - (a) Guilty of one or more but not all of...
220.15 - Plea; Plea of Not Responsible by Reason of Mental Disease or Defect. - (a) The nature of the charge to which the plea...
220.20 - Plea; Meaning of Lesser Included Offense for Plea Purposes. - (a) Where the only culpable mental state required for the...
220.30 - Plea; Plea of Guilty to Part of Indictment; Plea Covering Other Indictments. - (ii) If the other indictment or indictments are pending in...
220.35 - Hearing on Predicate Felony Conviction. - In any case where the defendant offers to enter a...
220.40 - Plea; Plea of Not Guilty; Meaning. - A plea of not guilty constitutes a denial of every...
220.50 - Plea; Entry of Plea. - 1. A plea to an indictment, other than one against...
220.51 - Notice Before Entry of Plea or Trial Involving a Public Official. - official. Prior to trial, and before accepting a defendant's plea...
220.60 - Plea; Change of Plea. - 1. A defendant who has entered a plea of not...
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...
230.11 - Removal of Action to Certain Courts Within a County. - (a) it will not accept the action, in which event...
230.20 - Removal of Action; Removal From County Court to Supreme Court and Change of Venue; Upon Motion of Party. - (a) that the indictment and action be removed from such...
230.21 - Removal of Action to Certain Courts in an Adjoining County. - (a) it will not accept the action, in which event...
230.30 - Removal of Action; Stay of Trial Pending Motion Therefor. - 1. At any time when a timely motion for removal...
230.40 - Removal of Action; Determinations and Rulings Before and After Removal; by Which Courts Made. - removal; by which courts made. Upon any removal of an...
Article 245 - Discovery
245.10 - Timing of Discovery. - (i) When a defendant is in custody during the pendency...
245.20 - Automatic Discovery. - (a) All written or recorded statements, and the substance of...
245.25 - Disclosure Prior to Certain Guilty Pleas. - 1. Pre-indictment guilty pleas. Upon a felony complaint, where the...
245.30 - Court Orders for Preservation, Access or Discovery. - 1. Order to preserve evidence. At any time, a party...
245.35 - Court Ordered Procedures to Facilitate Compliance. - To facilitate compliance with this article, and to reduce or...
245.40 - Non-Testimonial Evidence From the Defendant. - (a) Appear in a lineup; (b) Speak for identification by...
245.45 - DNA Comparison Order. - Where property in the prosecution's possession, custody, or control consists...
245.50 - Certificates of Compliance; Readiness for Trial. - (b) To the extent that the party is aware of...
245.55 - Flow of Information. - (b) If the prosecution fails to disclose such an electronic...
245.60 - Continuing Duty to Disclose. - If either the prosecution or the defendant subsequently learns of...
245.65 - Work Product. - This article does not authorize discovery by a party of...
245.70 - Protective Orders. - (b) Such review shall be sought within two business days...
245.75 - Waiver of Discovery by Defendant. - 1. A defendant who does not seek discovery from the...
245.80 - Remedies or Sanctions for Non-Compliance. - (b) When material or information is discoverable under this article...
245.85 - Admissibility of Discovery. - The fact that a party has indicated during the discovery...
Article 250 - Pre-Trial Notices of Defenses
250.10 - Notice of Intent to Proffer Psychiatric Evidence; Examination of Defendant Upon Application of Prosecutor. - (a) Evidence of mental disease or defect to be offered...
250.20 - Notice of Alibi. - 1. At any time, not more than twenty days after...
250.30 - Notice of Defenses in Offenses Involving Computers. - 1. In any prosecution in which the defendant seeks to...
250.40 - Notice of Intent to Seek Death Penalty. - 1. A sentence of death may not be imposed upon...
Article 255 - Pre-Trial Motions
255.10 - Definitions. - (a) dismissing or reducing an indictment pursuant to article 210...
255.20 - Pre-Trial Motions; Procedure. - 1. Except as otherwise expressly provided by law, whether the...
Article 260 - Jury Trial--Generally
260.10 - Jury Trial; Requirement Thereof. - Except as otherwise provided in section 320.10, every trial of...
260.20 - Jury Trial; Defendant's Presence at Trial. - A defendant must be personally present during the trial of...
260.30 - Jury Trial; in What Order to Proceed. - The order of a jury trial, in general, is as...
Article 270 - Jury Trial--Formation and Conduct of Jury
270.05 - Trial Jury; Formation in General. - 1. A trial jury consists of twelve jurors, but "alternate...
270.10 - Trial Jury; Challenge to the Panel. - 1. A challenge to the panel is an objection made...
270.15 - Trial Jury; Examination of Prospective Jurors; Challenges Generally. - (b) The court shall initiate the examination of prospective jurors...
270.16 - Capital Cases; Individual Questioning for Racial Bias. - 1. In any case in which the crime charged may...
270.20 - Trial Jury; Challenge for Cause of an Individual Juror. - (a) He does not have the qualifications required by the...
270.25 - Trial Jury; Peremptory Challenge of an Individual Juror. - (a) Twenty for the regular jurors if the highest crime...
270.30 - Trial Jury; Alternate Jurors. - 1. Immediately after the last trial juror is sworn, the...
270.35 - Trial Jury; Discharge of Juror; Replacement by Alternate Juror. - (b) The court shall afford the parties an opportunity to...
270.40 - Trial Jury; Preliminary Instructions by Court. - After the jury has been sworn and before the people's...
270.45 - Trial Jury; When Separation Permitted. - During the period extending from the time the jurors are...
270.50 - Trial Jury; Viewing of Premises. - 1. When the court is of the opinion that a...
270.55 - Sentencing Jury in Capital Cases. - During the period extending from when a jury returns a...
Article 280 - Jury Trial---Motion for a Mistrial
280.10 - Motion for Mistrial. - At any time during the trial, the court must declare...
280.20 - Motion for Mistrial; Status of Indictment Upon New Trial. - Upon a new trial resulting from an order declaring a...
Article 290 - Jury Trial--Trial Order of Dismissal
290.10 - Trial Order of Dismissal. - 1. At the conclusion of the people's case or at...
Article 300 - Jury Trial--Court's Charge and Instructions to Jury
300.10 - Court's Charge; in General. - (a) "Guilty" of the offense submitted, if there be but...
300.30 - Court's Charge; Submission of Indictment to Jury; Definitions of Terms. - of terms. The following definitions are applicable to this article:...
300.40 - Court's Charge; Submission of Indictment to Jury; Counts to Be Submitted. - (a) With respect to non-inclusory concurrent counts, the court may...
300.50 - Court's Charge; Submission of Lesser Included Offenses. - 1. In submitting a count of an indictment to the...
Article 310 - Jury Trial--Deliberation and Verdict of Jury
310.10 - Jury Deliberation; Requirement Of; Where Conducted. - 1. Following the court's charge, except as otherwise provided by...
310.20 - Jury Deliberation; Use of Exhibits and Other Material. - Upon retiring to deliberate, the jurors may take with them:...
310.30 - Jury Deliberation; Request for Information. - At any time during its deliberation, the jury may request...
310.40 - Verdict; Rendition Thereof. - 1. The verdict must be rendered and announced by the...
310.50 - Verdict; Form; Reconsideration of Defective Verdict. - 1. The form of the verdict must be in accordance...
310.60 - Discharge of Jury Before Rendition of Verdict and Effect Thereof. - (a) The jury has deliberated for an extensive period of...
310.70 - Rendition of Partial Verdict and Effect Thereof. - (a) If the possibility of ultimate agreement with respect to...
310.80 - Recording and Checking of Verdict and Polling of Jury. - After a verdict has been rendered, it must be recorded...
310.85 - Verdict of Guilty Where Defendant Not Criminally Responsible. - 1. Where a verdict of guilty is rendered with respect...
Article 320 - Waiver of Jury Trial and Conduct of Non-Jury Trial
320.10 - Non-Jury Trial; When Authorized. - 1. Except where the indictment charges the crime of murder...
320.20 - Non-Jury Trial; Nature and Conduct Thereof. - (a) The court must permit the parties to deliver opening...
Article 330 - Proceedings From Verdict to Sentence
330.10 - Disposition of Defendant After Verdict of Acquittal. - 1. Upon a verdict of complete acquittal, the court must...
330.20 - Procedure Following Verdict or Plea of Not Responsible by Reason of Mental Disease or Defect. - (a) "Commissioner" means the state commissioner of mental health or...
330.25 - Removal After Verdict. - 1. Where a defendant is a juvenile offender or an...
330.30 - Motion to Set Aside Verdict; Grounds For. - At any time after rendition of a verdict of guilty...
330.40 - Motion to Set Aside Verdict; Procedure. - (a) The motion must be in writing and upon reasonable...
330.50 - Motion to Set Aside Verdict; Order Granting Motion. - 1. Upon setting aside or modifying a verdict or a...