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N.Y. Criminal Procedure Law § 60.48 — Rules of evidence; admissibility of evidence of victim's manner of dress in sex offense cases
Current through 2026 legislative session (LBDC text via OpenLegislation as of 2026-07-17)
Part of Article 60: Rules of Evidence and Related Matters, New York Criminal Procedure Law.
Full text of N.Y. Criminal Procedure Law § 60.48
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.
60.48 Rules of evidence; admissibility of evidence of victim's manner
of dress in sex offense cases.
Evidence of the manner in which the victim was dressed at the time of
the commission of an offense may not be admitted in a prosecution for
any offense, or an attempt to commit an offense, defined in article one
hundred thirty of the penal law, unless such evidence is determined by
the court to be relevant and admissible in the interests of justice,
after an offer of proof by the proponent of such evidence outside the
hearing of the jury, or such hearing as the court may require, and a
statement by the court of its findings of fact essential to its
determination.
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