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N.Y. Criminal Procedure Law § 280.20 — Motion for mistrial; status of indictment upon new trial
Current through 2026 legislative session (LBDC text via OpenLegislation as of 2026-07-17)
Part of Article 280: Jury Trial---motion For a Mistrial, New York Criminal Procedure Law.
Full text of N.Y. Criminal Procedure Law § 280.20
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.
280.20 Motion for mistrial; status of indictment upon new trial.
Upon a new trial resulting from an order declaring a mistrial, the
indictment is deemed to contain all the counts which it contained at the
time the previous trial was commenced, regardless of whether any count
was thereafter dismissed by the court prior to the mistrial order.
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