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Article 215 - NY Criminal Procedure Law

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S 215.10 Referral of selected felonies to dispute resolution.
  Upon or after arraignment in a local criminal court upon a felony
complaint, or upon or after arraignment in a superior court upon an
indictment or superior court information, and before final disposition
thereof, the court, with the consent of the people and of the defendant,
and with reasonable notice to the victim and an opportunity for the
victim to be heard, may order that the action be adjourned in
contemplation of dismissal, for the purpose of referring the action to a
community dispute center established pursuant to article twenty-one-A of
the judiciary law. Provided, however, that the court may not order any
action adjourned in contemplation of dismissal if the defendant is
charged therein with: (i) a class A felony, or (ii) a violent felony
offense as defined in section 70.02 of the penal law, or (iii) any drug
offense as defined in article two hundred twenty of the penal law, or
(iv) a felony upon the conviction of which defendant must be sentenced
as a second felony offender, a second violent felony offender, or a
persistent violent felony offender pursuant to sections 70.06, 70.04 and
70.08 of the penal law, or a felony upon the conviction of which
defendant may be sentenced as a persistent felony offender pursuant to
section 70.10 of such law.

S 215.20 Victim; definition.
  For purposes of section 215.10 of this article, "victim" means any
person alleged to have sustained physical or financial injury to person
or property as a direct result of the crime or crimes charged in a
felony complaint, superior court information, or indictment.

S 215.30 Adjournment in contemplation of dismissal; restoration to
               calendar; dismissal of action.
  Upon issuing an order adjourning an action in contemplation of
dismissal pursuant to section 215.10 of this article, the court must
release the defendant on his own recognizance and refer the action to a
dispute resolution center established pursuant to article twenty-one-A
of the judiciary law. No later than forty-five days after an action has
been referred to a dispute resolution center, such center must advise
the district attorney as to whether the charges against defendant have
been resolved. Thereafter, if defendant has agreed to pay a fine,
restitution or reparation, the district attorney must be advised every
thirty days as to the status of such fine, restitution or reparation.
Upon application of the people, made at any time not more than six
months after the issuance of an order adjourning an action in
contemplation of dismissal, the court may restore the action to the
calendar upon a determination that dismissal of the accusatory
instrument would not be in furtherance of justice, and the action must
thereupon proceed.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, where defendant has
agreed to pay a fine, restitution, or reparation, but has not paid such
fine, restitution or reparation, upon application of the people, made at
any time not more than one year after the issuance of an order
adjourning an action in contemplation of dismissal, the court may
restore the action to the calendar upon a determination that defendant
has failed to pay such fine, restitution, or reparation, and the action
must thereupon proceed.

S 215.40 Dismissal of action; effect thereof; records.
  If an action has not been restored to the calendar within six months,
or where the defendant has agreed to pay a fine, restitution or
reparation but has not paid such fine, restitution or reparation, within
one year, of the issuance of an order adjourning the action in
contemplation of dismissal, the accusatory instrument shall be deemed to
have been dismissed by the court in furtherance of justice at the
expiration of such six month or one year period, as the case may be.
Upon dismissal of an action, the arrest and prosecution shall be deemed
a nullity, and defendant shall be restored to the status he or she
occupied before his or her arrest and prosecution. All papers and
records relating to an action that has been dismissed pursuant to this
section shall be subject to the sealing provisions of section 160.50 of
this chapter.

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