CPL § 220.40

Plea; plea of not guilty; meaning

§ 220.40 Plea; plea of not guilty; meaning.

A plea of not guilty constitutes a denial of every allegation of the indictment.

Official sourcehttps://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/laws/CPL/220.40

In plain English

A not-guilty plea denies every allegation of the indictment. ★

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.