§ 260.30 — Jury trial; in what order to proceed

New York § 260.30

• Jurisdiction: New York
• Law CPL: Criminal Procedure
• Title J: Prosecution of Indictments In Superior Courts--plea to Sentence
• Part 2: The Principal Proceedings
• Art. 260: Jury Trial--generally

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§ 260.30 Jury trial; in what order to proceed.\n The order of a jury trial, in general, is as follows:\n 1. The jury must be selected and sworn.\n 2. The court must deliver preliminary instructions to the jury.\n 3. The people must deliver an opening address to the jury.\n 4. The defendant may deliver an opening address to the jury.\n 5. The people must offer evidence in support of the indictment.\n 6. The defendant may offer evidence in his defense.\n 7. The people may offer evidence in rebuttal of the defense evidence,\nand the defendant may then offer evidence in rebuttal of the people's\nrebuttal evidence. The court may in its discretion permit the parties\nto offer further rebuttal or surrebuttal evidence in this pattern. In\nthe interest of justice, the court may permit either party to offer\nevidence upon rebuttal which is not technically of a rebuttal nature but\nmore properly a part of the offering party's original case.\n 8. At the conclusion of the evidence, the defendant may deliver a\nsummation to the jury.\n 9. The people may then deliver a summation to the jury.\n 10. The court must then deliver a charge to the jury.\n 11. The jury must then retire to deliberate and, if possible, render\na verdict.\n