Legislation
SECTION 680.10
Examination of witnesses on commission; in general
Criminal Procedure (CPL) CHAPTER 11-A, PART 3, TITLE S, ARTICLE 680
§ 680.10 Examination of witnesses on commission; in general.
1. Under circumstances prescribed in this article, testimony material
to a trial or pending trial of an accusatory instrument which charges a
crime, may be taken by "examination on a commission" outside the state
and received in evidence at such trial.
2. A "commission" is a process issued by a superior court designating
one or more persons as commissioners and authorizing them to conduct a
recorded examination of a witness or witnesses under oath, primarily on
the basis of interrogatories annexed to the commission, and to remit to
the issuing court the transcript of such examination.
1. Under circumstances prescribed in this article, testimony material
to a trial or pending trial of an accusatory instrument which charges a
crime, may be taken by "examination on a commission" outside the state
and received in evidence at such trial.
2. A "commission" is a process issued by a superior court designating
one or more persons as commissioners and authorizing them to conduct a
recorded examination of a witness or witnesses under oath, primarily on
the basis of interrogatories annexed to the commission, and to remit to
the issuing court the transcript of such examination.