2010 New York Code
CPL - Criminal Procedure
Part 3 - SPECIAL PROCEEDINGS AND MISCELLANEOUS PROCEDURES
Title T - PROCEDURES FOR SECURING EVIDENCE BY MEANS OF COURT ORDER AND FOR SUPPRESSING EVIDENCE UNLAWFULLY OR IMPROPERLY OBTAINED
Article 710 - (710.10 - 710.70) MOTION TO SUPPRESS EVIDENCE
710.10 - Motion to suppress evidence; definitions of terms.

§ 710.10  Motion to suppress evidence; definitions of terms.
    As  used  in  this  article,  the  following  terms have the following
  meanings:
    1.  "Defendant" means a person who has been charged by  an  accusatory
  instrument with the commission of an offense.
    2.    "Evidence,"  when  referring  to  matter in the possession of or
  available to a prosecutor, means  any  tangible  property  or  potential
  testimony which may be offered in evidence in a criminal action.
    3.   "Potential testimony" means information or factual knowledge of a
  person who is or may be available as a witness.
    4.  "Eavesdropping" means "wiretapping", "mechanical overhearing of  a
  conversation,"   or   "intercepting   or   accessing  of  an  electronic
  communication", as those terms are defined  in  section  250.00  of  the
  penal law.
    5.    "Aggrieved."   An "aggrieved person" includes, but is in no wise
  limited to, an "aggrieved person"  as  defined  in  subdivision  two  of
  section forty-five hundred six of the civil practice law and rules.
    6.  "Video surveillance" has the meaning given to that term by section
  700.05 of this chapter.
    7.  "Pen register" and "trap and trace device" have the meanings given
  to those terms by subdivisions  one  and  two  respectively  of  section
  705.00 of this chapter.

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