300.10 – 300.10 | New York Law

NY CPL § 300.10 - Court's charge; in general 1. At the conclusion of the summations, the court must deliver a charge to the jury. 2. In its charge, the court must state the fundamental legal principles applicable to criminal cases in general. Such principles include, but are not limited to, the presumption of the defendant's innocence, the requirement that guilt be proved beyond a reasonable doubt and that the jury may not, in determining the issue of