N.Y. Criminal Procedure Law § 230.10: Removal of action; from supreme court to county court and from county court to supreme court; at instance of court

§ 230.10 Removal of action; from supreme court to county court and from

county court to supreme court; at instance of court.

Upon order of an appropriate court or judge, made at its or his own

instance pursuant to rules established by the appellate division of the

appropriate department, (a) an indictment filed with the supreme court

at a term held in a particular county outside of New York City may,

prior to entry of a plea of guilty thereto or commencement of a trial

thereof, be removed to the county court of such county, and (b) an

indictment filed in a county court may similarly be removed to the

supreme court at a term held or to be held in the same county. Each of

the appellate divisions of the second, third and fourth departments may

establish rules authorizing such removals with respect to the superior

courts within its department, and prescribing the courts or judges who

may order such removals and other procedural matters involved therein.