Statutes > New York Statutes > CPL - Criminal Procedure > Part 3 - SPECIAL PROCEEDINGS AND MISCELLANEOUS PROCEDURES > Title S - PROCEDURES FOR SECURING TESTIMONY FOR FUTURE USE,AND FOR USING TESTIMONY GIVEN IN A PRIOR PROCEEDING > Article 680 - (680.10 - 680.80) SECURING TESTIMONY OUTSIDE THE STATE FOR USE IN PROCEEDING WITHIN THE STATE-EXAMINATION OF WITNESSES ON COMMISSION > 680.10 - Examination of witnesses on commission; in general.

680.10 - Examination of witnesses on commission; in general.

§ 680.10  Examination of witnesses on commission; in general.    1.  Under circumstances prescribed in this article, testimony material  to  a trial or pending trial of an accusatory instrument which charges a  crime, may be taken by "examination on a commission" outside  the  state  and received in evidence at such trial.    2.  A "commission" is a process issued by a superior court designating  one  or  more persons as commissioners and authorizing them to conduct a  recorded examination of a witness or witnesses under oath, primarily  on  the  basis of interrogatories annexed to the commission, and to remit to  the issuing court the transcript of such examination.