Legislation
SECTION 280.20
Motion for mistrial; status of indictment upon new trial
Criminal Procedure (CPL) CHAPTER 11-A, PART 2, TITLE J, ARTICLE 280
§ 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.
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.