N.Y. Criminal Procedure Law § 185.10: Definition of terms

* § 185.10 Definition of terms.

As used in this article:

1. "Independent audio-visual system" shall mean an electronic system

for the transmission and receiving of audio and visual signals,

encompassing encoded signals, frequency domain multiplexing or other

suitable means to preclude the unauthorized reception and decoding of

the signals by commercially available television receivers, channel

converters, or other available receiving devices.

2. "Electronic arraignment" means an arraignment in which various

participants, including the defendant, are not personally present in the

court but in which all of the participants are simultaneously able to

see and hear reproductions of the voices and images of the judge,

counsels, defendant, police officer and any other appropriate

participant, by means of an independent audio-visual system.

* NB Expired September 1, 1983