{"data":{"id":"us-ny/n.y.-criminal-procedure-law-185.30","jurisdiction":"us-ny","citation":"N.Y. Criminal Procedure Law § 185.30","heading":"Conditions and limitations on electronic arraignment","body":"* § 185.30 Conditions and limitations on electronic arraignment.\n  Whenever a person is arraigned by means of an electronic arraignment,\nthe following conditions and limitations shall apply:\n  1.  The defendant may not enter a plea of guilty;\n  2.  The electronic arraignment process may be used only when the\naccusatory instrument does not charge a felony;\n  3.  No electronic recording of an electronic arraignment may be made,\nviewed or inspected except as may be authorized by rules of the chief\nadministrator of the courts; and\n  4.  Stenographic recording of the arraignment shall be made to the\nsame extent as if it were an ordinary arraignment rather than an\nelectronic arraignment.\n* NB Expired September 1, 1983","path":["Criminal Procedure Law","Part 2. The Principal Proceedings","Title H. Preliminary Proceedings In Local Criminal Court","Article 185. Alternate Method of Arraignment"],"source_url":"https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/laws/CPL/185.30","current_through":"2026-09-11","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:32:44Z","sha256":"da023616bd73a2ca9264fe810742be1b0b124fdf9f28294459683ee382604483","source_id":"us-ny","stale":false,"prev":"us-ny/n.y.-criminal-procedure-law-185.20","next":"us-ny/n.y.-criminal-procedure-law-185.40"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}