{"jurisdiction": "us-ny", "code": "cpl", "section": "245.65", "citation": "CPL § 245.65", "heading": "Work product", "text": ["§ 245.65 Work product.", "This article does not authorize discovery by a party of those portions of records, reports, correspondence, memoranda, or internal documents of the adverse party which are only the legal research, opinions, theories or conclusions of the adverse party or its attorney or the attorney's agents, or of statements of a defendant, written or recorded or summarized in any writing or recording, made to the attorney for the defendant or the attorney's agents."], "official_source": "https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/laws/CPL/245.65", "from_official_api": true, "plain_english": "Discovery does **not** require a party to turn over parts of its internal records that contain only its **legal research, opinions, theories, or conclusions**, or a defendant’s statements to defense counsel or counsel’s agents. ★", "in_force_on": "2026-05-31", "retrieved": "2026-09-27", "url": "https://elyphived.com/us-ny/cpl/245.65", "publisher": "Elyphived LLC"}