CPL 185.10 · Article 185. Alternate Method of Arraignment
Definition of terms
Text — Law content up to date as of October 2, 2026, as published by the New York State Senate (Open Legislation)
* § 185.10 Definition of terms.
As used in this article:
1. "Independent audio-visual system" shall mean an electronic system for the transmission and receiving of audio and visual signals, encompassing encoded signals, frequency domain multiplexing or other suitable means to preclude the unauthorized reception and decoding of the signals by commercially available television receivers, channel converters, or other available receiving devices.
2. "Electronic arraignment" means an arraignment in which various participants, including the defendant, are not personally present in the court but in which all of the participants are simultaneously able to see and hear reproductions of the voices and images of the judge, counsels, defendant, police officer and any other appropriate participant, by means of an independent audio-visual system. * NB Expired September 1, 1983
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- The Senate's note "Expired September 1, 1983" dates the end of this text, or of part of it, in the past; the Senate still prints it.
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