Use of anatomically correct dolls · as in force on May 31, 2026
§ 60.44 Use of anatomically correct dolls.
Any person who is less than sixteen years old may in the discretion of the court and where helpful and appropriate, use an anatomically correct doll in testifying in a criminal proceeding based upon conduct prohibited by article one hundred thirty, article two hundred sixty or section 255.25, 255.26 or 255.27 of the penal law.
In a criminal case based on conduct prohibited by Penal Law article 130, article 260, or §§ 255.25, 255.26, or 255.27, the court may allow a witness younger than 16 years old to use an anatomically correct doll while testifying when doing so is helpful and 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.
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.