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The Laws of New York
Consolidated Laws of New York
CHAPTER 11-A
Criminal Procedure
PART 2
The Principal Proceedings
TITLE H
Preliminary Proceedings In Local Criminal Court
ARTICLE 100
Commencement of Action In Local Criminal Court or Youth Part of a Superior Court--accusatory Instruments
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SECTION 100.25
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.