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N.Y. Criminal Procedure Law § 185.30 — Conditions and limitations on electronic arraignment
Current through 2026 legislative session (LBDC text via OpenLegislation as of 2026-07-17)
Part of Article 185: Alternate Method of Arraignment, New York Criminal Procedure Law.
Full text of N.Y. Criminal Procedure Law § 185.30
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.
* § 185.30 Conditions and limitations on electronic arraignment.
Whenever a person is arraigned by means of an electronic arraignment,
the following conditions and limitations shall apply:
1. The defendant may not enter a plea of guilty;
2. The electronic arraignment process may be used only when the
accusatory instrument does not charge a felony;
3. No electronic recording of an electronic arraignment may be made,
viewed or inspected except as may be authorized by rules of the chief
administrator of the courts; and
4. Stenographic recording of the arraignment shall be made to the
same extent as if it were an ordinary arraignment rather than an
electronic arraignment.
* NB Expired September 1, 1983
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