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N.Y. Criminal Procedure Law § 100.45 — Information, prosecutor's information, misdemeanor complaint; severance, consolidation, amendment, bill of particulars
Current through 2026 legislative session (LBDC text via OpenLegislation as of 2026-07-17)
Part of Article 100: Commencement of Action In Local Criminal Court or Youth Part of a Superior Court--accusatory Instruments, New York Criminal Procedure Law.
Full text of N.Y. Criminal Procedure Law § 100.45
Statutory text current through the 2026 legislative session (LBDC text via OpenLegislation as of 2026-07-17). This publication reproduces the text of the Consolidated Laws of New York as provided by the New York State Senate's Open Legislation service (Legislative Bill Drafting Commission statutory text); it is not the official statutes of the State of New York.
100.45 Information, prosecutor's information, misdemeanor complaint;
severance, consolidation, amendment, bill of particulars.
1. Where appropriate, the provisions of sections 200.20 and 200.40 and
paragraph (n) of subdivision four of section 20.40 of this chapter,
governing severance of counts of an indictment and severance of
defendants for trial purposes, and governing consolidation of
indictments for trial purposes, apply to informations, to prosecutor's
informations and to misdemeanor complaints.
2. The provisions of section 200.70 governing amendment of indictments
apply to prosecutor's informations.
3. At any time before the entry of a plea of guilty to or the
commencement of a trial of an information, the court may, upon
application of the people and with notice to the defendant and
opportunity to be heard, order the amendment of the accusatory part of
such information by addition of a count charging an offense supported by
the allegations of the factual part of such information and/or any
supporting depositions which may accompany it. In such case, the
defendant must be accorded any reasonable adjournment necessitated by
the amendment.
4. The provisions of section 200.95, governing bills of particulars
with respect to indictments, apply to informations, to misdemeanor
complaints and to prosecutor's informations.
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