{"data":{"id":"us-ny/n.y.-criminal-procedure-law-60.60","jurisdiction":"us-ny","citation":"N.Y. Criminal Procedure Law § 60.60","heading":"Rules of evidence; certificates concerning judgments of conviction and fingerprints","body":"§ 60.60  Rules of evidence; certificates concerning judgments of\n          conviction and fingerprints.\n  1.  A certificate issued by a criminal court, or the clerk thereof,\ncertifying that a judgment of conviction against a designated defendant\nhas been entered in such court, constitutes presumptive evidence of the\nfacts stated in such certificate.\n  2.  A report of a public servant charged with the custody of official\nfingerprint records which contains a certification that the fingerprints\nof a designated person who has previously been convicted of an offense\nare identical with those of a defendant in a criminal action,\nconstitutes presumptive evidence of the fact that such defendant has\npreviously been convicted of such offense.","path":["Criminal Procedure Law","Part 1. General Provisions","Title D. Rules of Evidence, Standards of Proof and Related Matters","Article 60. Rules of Evidence and Related Matters"],"source_url":"https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/laws/CPL/60.60","current_through":"2026-09-11","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:32:44Z","sha256":"d011799bc3d2534481ace75e42b7a2c20f26bf167baea44c515622da12635722","source_id":"us-ny","stale":false,"prev":"us-ny/n.y.-criminal-procedure-law-60.55","next":"us-ny/n.y.-criminal-procedure-law-60.70"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}