185.30 - Conditions and Limitations on Electronic Arraignment.

NY Crim Pro L § 185.30 (2019) (N/A)
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Whenever a person is arraigned by means of an electronic arraignment, the following conditions and limitations shall apply:

1. The defendant may not enter a plea of guilty;

2. The electronic arraignment process may be used only when the accusatory instrument does not charge a felony;

3. No electronic recording of an electronic arraignment may be made, viewed or inspected except as may be authorized by rules of the chief administrator of the courts; and

4. Stenographic recording of the arraignment shall be made to the same extent as if it were an ordinary arraignment rather than an electronic arraignment. * NB Expired September 1, 1983