N.Y. CPL Law § 170.60
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Requirement of plea to information, simplified information or prosecutor's information
Official statutory text
§ 170.60 Requirement of plea to information, simplified information or\n prosecutor's information.\n Unless an information, a simplified information or a prosecutor's\ninformation is dismissed or the criminal action thereon terminated or\nabated pursuant to a provision of this article or some other provision\nof law, the defendant must be required to enter a plea thereto.\n
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