CPL § 210.05

Indictment and superior court information exclusive methods of prosecution

§ 210.05 Indictment and superior court information exclusive methods of

prosecution.

The only methods of prosecuting an offense in a superior court are by an indictment filed therewith by a grand jury or by a superior court information filed therewith by a district attorney.

Official sourcehttps://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/laws/CPL/210.05

In plain English

The only ways to prosecute an offense in a superior court are by indictment (filed by a grand jury) or by superior court information (filed by a DA). ★

Marked in the text: penalties, time limits, sums of money. Editorial emphasis added by this edition; it does not appear in the statute as enacted.

In print

This provision appears in Volume 3 — The JG-22 Criminal Procedure Law and in Volume 1 — The JG-22 in Plain English.