CPL § 360.40

Trial jury; conduct of jury trial in general

§ 360.40 Trial jury; conduct of jury trial in general.

A jury trial of an information must be conducted generally in the same manner as a jury trial of an indictment, and the rules governing preliminary instructions by the court, supervision of the jury, motion practice and other procedural matters involved in the conduct of a jury trial of an indictment are, where appropriate, applicable to the conduct of a jury trial of an information.

Official sourcehttps://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/laws/CPL/360.40

In plain English

A jury trial of an information is conducted generally the same as a jury trial of an indictment — the rules on preliminary instructions, supervision of the jury, motion practice, and other procedure apply where appropriate.

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.