CRIMINAL PROCEDURE LAW
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Short Title, Applicability and Definitions
Peace Officers
The Criminal Courts
Geographical Jurisdiction of Offenses
Timeliness of Prosecutions and Speedy Trial
Exemption from Prosecution by Reason of
Previous Prosecution
Compulsion of Evidence by Offer of
Immunity
Rules of Evidence and Related Matters
Use of Closed-circuit Television for Certain Child
Witnesses
Standards of Proof
Pre-Criminal Proceeding Settlements
Commencement of Action in Local Criminal
Court or Youth Part of a Superior
Court–Accusatory Instruments
Requiring Defendant's Appearance in Local
Criminal Court or Youth Part of Superior Court
for Arraignment
Warrant of Arrest
The Summons
Arrest Without a Warrant
The Appearance Ticket
Fingerprinting and Photographing of Defendant
After Arrest–Criminal Identification Records
and Statistics
Proceedings Upon Information, Simplified Traffic
Information, Prosecutor's Information and
Misdemeanor Complaint from Arraignment
to Plea
Proceedings upon Felony Complaint from
Arraignment Thereon Through Disposition
Thereof
Alternate Method of Court Appearance
The Grand Jury and its Proceedings
Waiver of Indictment
Indictment and Related Instruments
Proceedings in Superior Court from Filing of
Indictment to Plea
Adjournment in Contemplation of Dismissal for
Purposes of Referring Selected Felonies to
Dispute Resolution
Judicial Diversion Program for Certain
Felony Offenders
The Plea
Removal of Action
Discovery
Pre-trial Notices of Defenses
Pre-trial Motions
Jury Trial–Generally
Jury Trial–Formation and Conduct of Jury
Jury Trial—Motion for a Mistrial
Jury Trial–Trial Order of Dismissal
Jury Trial–Court's Charge and Instructions to Jury
Jury Trial–Deliberation and Verdict of Jury
Waiver of Jury Trial and Conduct of
Non-Jury Trial
Proceedings from Verdict to Sentence
Pre-Trail Proceedings
Non-Jury Trials
Jury Trial
Proceedings from Verdict to Sentence
Sentencing in General
Pre-sentence Reports
Pre-sentence Proceedings
Sentences of Probation, Conditional Discharge
and Parole Supervision
Fines, Restitution and Reparation
Sentences of Imprisonment
Post-Judgment Motions
Appeals-In What Cases Authorized and to What
Courts Taken
Appeals-Taking and Perfection Thereof and Stays
During Pendency Thereof
Appeals–Determination Thereof
Recognizance, Bail and Commitment–Definitions
of Terms
Recognizance, Bail and Commitment-Determination
of Application for Recognizance or Bail, Issuance
of Securing Orders, and Related Matters
Bail and Bail Bonds
Orders of Recognizance or Bail with Respect to
Defendants in Criminal Actions and Proceedings-
When and by What Courts Authorized
Forfeiture of Bail and Remission Thereof
Securing Attendance of Defendants-in General
Securing Attendance of Defendants Confined in
Institutions Within the State
Securing Attendance of Defendants Who Are Outside
the State but Within the United States-Rendition
to Other Jurisdictions of Defendants Within the
State-Uniform Criminal Extradition Act
Securing Attendance of Defendants Confined as
Prisoners in Institutions of Other Jurisdictions of
the United States-Rendition to Other Jurisdictions
of Persons Confined as Prisoners in this
State-Agreement on Detainers
Securing Attendance of Defendants Who Are
Outside the United States
Securing Attendance of Corporate Defendants
and Related Matters
Securing Attendance of Witnesses by Subpoena
Securing Attendance of Witnesses by Material
Witness Order
Securing Attendance as Witnesses of Persons
Confined in Institutions Within the State
Securing Attendance as Witnesses of Persons at
Liberty Outside the State-Rendition to Other
Jurisdictions of Witnesses at Liberty Within the
State-Uniform Act to Secure Attendance of
Witnesses From Without the State in Criminal Cases
Securing Attendance as Witnesses of Prisoners
Confined in Institutions of Other Jurisdictions
of the United States-Rendition to Other
Jurisdictions of Prisoners Confined
In Institutions Within the State
Securing Testimony for Use in a Subsequent
Proceeding–Examination of Witnesses
Conditionally
Use in a Criminal Proceeding of Testimony Given
in a Previous Proceeding
Securing Testimony Outside the State for Use in
Proceeding Within the State-Examination of
Witnesses on Commission
Search Warrants
Eavesdropping and Video Surveillance Warrants
Pen Registers and Trap and Trace Devices
Motion to Suppress Evidence
Destruction of Dangerous Drugs
Youthful Offender Procedure
Proceedings Against Juvenile Offenders and
Adolescent Offenders; Establishment of Youth
Part and Related Procedures
Removal of Proceeding Against Juvenile Offender
to Family Court
Mental Disease or Defect Excluding
Fitness to Proceed