Rules of evidence; chemical test evidence · as in force on May 31, 2026
§ 60.75 Rules of evidence; chemical test evidence.
In any prosecution where two or more offenses against the same defendant are properly joined in one indictment or charged in two accusatory instruments properly consolidated for trial purposes and where one such offense charges a violation of any subdivision of section eleven hundred ninety-two of the vehicle and traffic law, chemical test evidence properly admissible as evidence of intoxication under subdivision one of section eleven hundred ninety-five of such law shall also, if relevant, be received in evidence with regard to the remaining charges in the indictments.
When properly joined or consolidated charges against the same defendant include a Vehicle and Traffic Law § 1192 offense, chemical-test evidence properly admitted as proof of intoxication under § 1195(1) must also be received on the remaining charges if relevant. ★
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.