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200.70 – 200.70 | New York Law

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200.70 – 200.70

New York Criminal Procedure § 200.70

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NY CPL § 200.70 - Indictment; amendment of 1. At any time before or during trial, the court may, upon application of the people and with notice to the defendant and opportunity to be heard, order the amendment of an indictment with respect to defects, errors or variances from the proof relating to matters of form, time, place, names of persons and the like, when such an amendment does not change the theory or theories of the prosecution as reflected in the evidence

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