N.Y. Criminal Procedure Law § 100.45: Information, prosecutor's information, misdemeanor complaint; severance, consolidation, amendment, bill of particulars

§ 100.45 Information, prosecutor's information, misdemeanor complaint;

severance, consolidation, amendment, bill of particulars.

1. Where appropriate, the provisions of sections 200.20 and 200.40 and

paragraph (n) of subdivision four of section 20.40 of this chapter,

governing severance of counts of an indictment and severance of

defendants for trial purposes, and governing consolidation of

indictments for trial purposes, apply to informations, to prosecutor's

informations and to misdemeanor complaints.

2. The provisions of section 200.70 governing amendment of indictments

apply to prosecutor's informations.

3. At any time before the entry of a plea of guilty to or the

commencement of a trial of an information, the court may, upon

application of the people and with notice to the defendant and

opportunity to be heard, order the amendment of the accusatory part of

such information by addition of a count charging an offense supported by

the allegations of the factual part of such information and/or any

supporting depositions which may accompany it. In such case, the

defendant must be accorded any reasonable adjournment necessitated by

the amendment.

4. The provisions of section 200.95, governing bills of particulars

with respect to indictments, apply to informations, to misdemeanor

complaints and to prosecutor's informations.