N.Y. CPL Law § 185.10

* § 185.10 Definition of terms.\n As used in this article:\n 1. "Independent audio-visual system" shall mean an electronic system\nfor the transmission and receiving of audio and visual signals,\nencompassing encoded signals, frequency domain multiplexing or other\nsuitable means to preclude the unauthorized reception and decoding of\nthe signals by commercially available television receivers, channel\nconverters, or other available receiving devices.\n 2. "Electronic arraignment" means an arraignment in which various\nparticipants, including the defendant, are not personally present in the\ncourt but in which all of the participants are simultaneously able to\nsee and hear reproductions of the voices and images of the judge,\ncounsels, defendant, police officer and any other appropriate\nparticipant, by means of an independent audio-visual system.\n* NB Expired September 1, 1983\n