CPL § 220.51

Notice before entry of plea or trial involving a public official

§ 220.51 Notice before entry of plea or trial involving a public

official.

Prior to trial, and before accepting a defendant's plea to a count or counts of an indictment or a superior court information charging a felony offense, the court must individually advise the defendant, on the record, that if at the time of the alleged felony crime the defendant was a public official, as defined in subdivision six of section one hundred fifty-six of the retirement and social security law, the defendant's plea of guilty and the court's acceptance thereof or conviction after trial may result in proceedings for the reduction or revocation of such defendant's pension pursuant to article three-B of the retirement and social security law.

Official sourcehttps://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/laws/CPL/220.51

In plain English

Before trial and before a felony plea, the court must individually advise the defendant that if he was a public official (RSSL § 156(6)) at the time of the crime, a guilty plea or conviction after trial may lead to reduction or revocation of his pension (RSSL Art. 3-B). ★

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.