THE CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. (PASSED JUNE 1, 1881.) AN ACT TO ESTABLISH A CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE. The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: PRELIMINARY PROVISIONS. SECTION 1. Title of the Code. 2. Divisions of the Code. 3. No person punishable but on legal conviction. 4. 5. Criminal action defined. 6. Parties to a criminal action. 7. The party prosecuted known as defendant. 8. Rights of defendant in a criminal action. 9. Second prosecution for the same crime prohibited. 10. No person to be a witness against himself in a criminal action or to be unnecessarily restrained. SECTION 1. Title of the Code. This act shall be known as the Code of Criminal Procedure of the State of New York. 1 a |