N.Y. Criminal Procedure Law § 60.15: Rules of evidence; what witnesses may be called

§ 60.15 Rules of evidence; what witnesses may be called.

1. Unless otherwise expressly provided, in any criminal proceeding

involving a defendant in which evidence is or may be received, both the

people and the defendant may as a matter of right call and examine

witnesses, and each party may cross-examine every witness called by the

other party.

2. A defendant may testify in his own behalf, but his failure to do

so is not a factor from which any inference unfavorable to him may be

drawn.