N.Y. Civil Rights Law § 12: Rights of persons accused of crime

§ 12. Rights of persons accused of crime. In all criminal

prosecutions, the accused has a right to a speedy and public trial, by

an impartial jury, and is entitled to be informed of the nature and

cause of the accusation; to be confronted with the witnesses against him

or her; and to have compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in his or

her favor. A noncitizen is not entitled to a jury, composed in part of

noncitizens or strangers, in an action or special proceeding civil or

criminal.