N.Y. Criminal Procedure Law § 60.60: Rules of evidence; certificates concerning judgments of conviction and fingerprints

§ 60.60 Rules of evidence; certificates concerning judgments of

conviction and fingerprints.

1. A certificate issued by a criminal court, or the clerk thereof,

certifying that a judgment of conviction against a designated defendant

has been entered in such court, constitutes presumptive evidence of the

facts stated in such certificate.

2. A report of a public servant charged with the custody of official

fingerprint records which contains a certification that the fingerprints

of a designated person who has previously been convicted of an offense

are identical with those of a defendant in a criminal action,

constitutes presumptive evidence of the fact that such defendant has

previously been convicted of such offense.