{"jurisdiction": "us-ny", "code": "cpl", "section": "245.85", "citation": "CPL § 245.85", "heading": "Admissibility of discovery", "text": ["§ 245.85 Admissibility of discovery.", "The fact that a party has indicated during the discovery process an intention to offer specified evidence or to call a specified witness is not admissible in evidence or grounds for adverse comment at a hearing or a trial."], "official_source": "https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/laws/CPL/245.85", "from_official_api": true, "plain_english": "A party’s discovery-stage statement that it plans to offer particular evidence or call a particular witness **cannot itself be admitted as evidence or used for adverse comment at a hearing or trial**. ★", "in_force_on": "2026-05-31", "retrieved": "2026-09-27", "url": "https://elyphived.com/us-ny/cpl/245.85", "publisher": "Elyphived LLC"}