N.Y. Criminal Procedure Law Section 185.30
Conditions and limitations on electronic arraignment

Whenever a person is arraigned by means of an electronic arraignment, the following conditions and limitations shall apply:

1.

The defendant may not enter a plea of guilty;

2.

The electronic arraignment process may be used only when the accusatory instrument does not charge a felony;

3.

No electronic recording of an electronic arraignment may be made, viewed or inspected except as may be authorized by rules of the chief administrator of the courts; and

4.

Stenographic recording of the arraignment shall be made to the same extent as if it were an ordinary arraignment rather than an electronic arraignment. * NB Expired September 1, 1983

Source: Section 185.30 — Conditions and limitations on electronic arraignment, https://www.­nysenate.­gov/legislation/laws/CPL/185.­30 (updated Sep. 22, 2014; accessed Jan. 10, 2026).

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