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N.Y. Criminal Procedure Law § 100.35: Prosecutor's information; form and content

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  1. Criminal Procedure Law
  2. Part 2. The Principal Proceedings
  3. Title H. Preliminary Proceedings In Local Criminal Court
  4. Article 100. Commencement of Action In Local Criminal Court or Youth Part of a Superior Court--accusatory Instruments

§ 100.35 Prosecutor's information; form and content.

A prosecutor's information must contain the name of the local criminal

court with which it is filed and the title of the action, and must be

subscribed by the district attorney by whom it is filed. Otherwise it

should be in the form prescribed for an indictment, pursuant to section

200.50, and must, in one or more counts, allege the offense or offenses

charged and a plain and concise statement of the conduct constituting

each such offense. The rules prescribed in sections 200.20 and 200.40

governing joinder of different offenses and defendants in a single

indictment are also applicable to a prosecutor's information.

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