N.Y. CPL Law § 190.52
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Grand jury; attorney for witness
Official statutory text
§ 190.52 Grand jury; attorney for witness.\n 1. Any person who appears as a witness and has signed a waiver of\nimmunity in a grand jury proceeding, has a right to an attorney as\nprovided in this section. Such a witness may appear with a retained\nattorney, or if he is financially unable to obtain counsel, an attorney\nwho shall be assigned by the superior court which impaneled the grand\njury. Such assigned attorney shall be assigned pursuant to the same\nplan and in the same manner as counsel are provided to persons charged\nwith crime pursuant to section seven hundred twenty-two of the county\nlaw.\n 2. The attorney for such witness may be present with the witness in\nthe grand jury room. The attorney may advise the witness, but may not\notherwise take any part in the proceeding.\n 3. The superior court which impaneled the grand jury shall have the\nsame power to remove an attorney from the grand jury room as such court\nhas with respect to an attorney in a courtroom.\n
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