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N.Y. Criminal Procedure Law § 600.20: Corporate defendants; prosecution thereof

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Criminal Procedure Law
Part 3. Special Proceedings and Miscellaneous Procedures
Title Q. Procedures For Securing Attendance At Criminal Actions and Proceedings of Defendants Not Securable By Conventional Means--and Related Matters
Article 600. Securing Attendance of Corporate Defendants and Related Matters

§ 600.20 Corporate defendants; prosecution thereof.

At all stages of a criminal action, from the commencement thereof

through sentence, a corporate defendant must appear by counsel. Upon

failure of appearance at the time such defendant is required to enter a

plea to the accusatory instrument, the court may enter a plea of guilty

and impose sentence.

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