Possession of condoms; receipt into evidence · as in force on May 31, 2026
§ 60.47 Possession of condoms; receipt into evidence.
Evidence that a person was in possession of one or more condoms may not be admitted at any trial, hearing, or other proceeding in a prosecution for section 230.00 of the penal law for the purpose of establishing probable cause for an arrest or proving any person's commission or attempted commission of such offense.
In a Penal Law § 230.00 prosecution, possession of 1 or more condoms may not be admitted at a trial, hearing, or other proceeding to establish probable cause for arrest or prove that anyone committed or attempted the offense. ★
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.