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    Information, misdemeanor complaint and felony complaint; form and content
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    Simplified information; form and content; defendant's right to supporting deposition; notice requirement
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    SECTION 100.20

    Supporting deposition; definition, form and content

    Criminal Procedure (CPL) CHAPTER 11-A, PART 2, TITLE H, ARTICLE 100

    § 100.20 Supporting deposition; definition, form and content.

    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.