New York · New York Criminal Procedure Law (CPL)

N.Y. Crim. Proc. Law § 380.65: Sentence and commitment and order of protection to accompany defendant sentenced to imprisonment

Civil

What this law says, in plain English

This statute requires that sentencing documents and protection orders be delivered to correctional facilities when a defendant is committed to imprisonment. It also states that sentencing documents are not invalid if these delivery requirements are not followed.

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