N.Y. Criminal Procedure Law 100.20 – Supporting deposition; definition, form and content
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§ 100.20 Supporting deposition; definition, form and content.
Terms Used In N.Y. Criminal Procedure Law 100.20
- Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
- Deposition: An oral statement made before an officer authorized by law to administer oaths. Such statements are often taken to examine potential witnesses, to obtain discovery, or to be used later in trial.
A supporting deposition is a written instrument accompanying or filed in connection with an information, a simplified information, a misdemeanor complaint or a felony complaint, subscribed and verified by a person other than the complainant of such accusatory instrument, and containing factual allegations of an evidentiary character, based either upon personal knowledge or upon information and belief, which supplement those of the accusatory instrument and support or tend to support the charge or charges contained therein.