N.Y. Criminal Procedure Law § 185.30: Conditions and limitations on electronic arraignment

* § 185.30 Conditions and limitations on electronic arraignment.

Whenever a person is arraigned by means of an electronic arraignment,

the following conditions and limitations shall apply:

1. The defendant may not enter a plea of guilty;

2. The electronic arraignment process may be used only when the

accusatory instrument does not charge a felony;

3. No electronic recording of an electronic arraignment may be made,

viewed or inspected except as may be authorized by rules of the chief

administrator of the courts; and

4. Stenographic recording of the arraignment shall be made to the

same extent as if it were an ordinary arraignment rather than an

electronic arraignment.

* NB Expired September 1, 1983