Appeal by people from order reducing a count of an indictment or directing the filing of a prosecutor's information · as in force on May 31, 2026
§ 450.55 Appeal by people from order reducing a count of an indictment
or directing the filing of a prosecutor's information.
In taking an appeal to an intermediate appellate court pursuant to subdivision one-a of section 450.20, the people shall file a notice of appeal. Upon request of either party, the hearing and determination of such appeal shall be conducted in an expeditious manner. The chief administrator of the courts, with the advice and consent of the administrative board of the courts, shall adopt rules for the expeditious briefing, hearing and determination of such appeals.
To appeal under § 450.20(1-a) from an order reducing indictment counts or directing a prosecutor’s information, the prosecution must file a notice of appeal. If either side requests it, the appeal must be briefed, heard, and decided promptly under rules adopted by the chief administrator with the administrative board’s approval. ★
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.
This provision appears in Volume 1 — The Court Officer in Plain English; Volume 2 — The Court Officer: Criminal Procedure Law; Volume 2 — Your Career: Criminal Procedure in Plain English.