N.Y. Criminal Procedure Law § 100.40: Local criminal court and youth part of the superior court accusatory instruments; sufficiency on face

§ 100.40 Local criminal court and youth part of the superior court

accusatory instruments; sufficiency on face.

1. An information, or a count thereof, is sufficient on its face when:

(a) It substantially conforms to the requirements prescribed in

section 100.15; and

(b) The allegations of the factual part of the information, together

with those of any supporting depositions which may accompany it, provide

reasonable cause to believe that the defendant committed the offense

charged in the accusatory part of the information; and

(c) Non-hearsay allegations of the factual part of the information

and/or of any supporting depositions establish, if true, every element

of the offense charged and the defendant's commission thereof.

2. A simplified information is sufficient on its face when, as

provided by subdivision one of section 100.25, it substantially conforms

to the requirement therefor prescribed by or pursuant to law; provided

that when the filing of a supporting deposition is ordered by the court

pursuant to subdivision two of said section 100.25, a failure of the

complainant police officer or public servant to comply with such order

within the time provided by subdivision two of said section 100.25

renders the simplified information insufficient on its face.

3. A prosecutor's information, or a count thereof, is sufficient on

its face when it substantially conforms to the requirements prescribed

in section 100.35.

4. A misdemeanor complaint or a felony complaint, or a count thereof,

is sufficient on its face when:

(a) It substantially conforms to the requirements prescribed in

section 100.15; and

(b) The allegations of the factual part of such accusatory instrument

and/or any supporting depositions which may accompany it, provide

reasonable cause to believe that the defendant committed the offense

charged in the accusatory part of such instrument.