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N.Y. Criminal Procedure Law § 260.30 — Jury trial; in what order to proceed
Current through 2026 legislative session (LBDC text via OpenLegislation as of 2026-07-17)
Part of Article 260: Jury Trial--generally, New York Criminal Procedure Law.
Full text of N.Y. Criminal Procedure Law § 260.30
Statutory text current through the 2026 legislative session (LBDC text via OpenLegislation as of 2026-07-17). This publication reproduces the text of the Consolidated Laws of New York as provided by the New York State Senate's Open Legislation service (Legislative Bill Drafting Commission statutory text); it is not the official statutes of the State of New York.
260.30 Jury trial; in what order to proceed.
The order of a jury trial, in general, is as follows:
1. The jury must be selected and sworn.
2. The court must deliver preliminary instructions to the jury.
3. The people must deliver an opening address to the jury.
4. The defendant may deliver an opening address to the jury.
5. The people must offer evidence in support of the indictment.
6. The defendant may offer evidence in his defense.
7. The people may offer evidence in rebuttal of the defense evidence,
and the defendant may then offer evidence in rebuttal of the people's
rebuttal evidence. The court may in its discretion permit the parties
to offer further rebuttal or surrebuttal evidence in this pattern. In
the interest of justice, the court may permit either party to offer
evidence upon rebuttal which is not technically of a rebuttal nature but
more properly a part of the offering party's original case.
8. At the conclusion of the evidence, the defendant may deliver a
summation to the jury.
9. The people may then deliver a summation to the jury.
10. The court must then deliver a charge to the jury.
11. The jury must then retire to deliberate and, if possible, render
a verdict.
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