N.Y. Criminal Procedure Law Section 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.

Source: Section 600.20 — Corporate defendants; prosecution thereof, https://www.­nysenate.­gov/legislation/laws/CPL/600.­20 (updated Sep. 22, 2014; accessed Feb. 28, 2026).

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