New York · New York Criminal Procedure Law (CPL)
N.Y. Crim. Proc. Law § 200.80: Indictment; superseding indictments
What this law says, in plain English
This statute establishes the procedural rule that when a second indictment is filed charging the same offense as a first indictment, the first indictment is superseded and its overlapping counts must be dismissed upon arraignment on the second indictment.
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