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N.Y. Crim. Proc. Law § 60.60

Rules of evidence; certificates concerning judgments of conviction and fingerprints

Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case 604 F. App'x 11 - United States v. Bennett (2015)

Most recently applied in United States v. Alicea (November 2017)

2014-09-22

§ 60.60 Rules of evidence; certificates concerning judgments of\n conviction and fingerprints.\n 1. A certificate issued by a criminal court, or the clerk thereof,\ncertifying that a judgment of conviction against a designated defendant\nhas been entered in such court, constitutes presumptive evidence of the\nfacts stated in such certificate.\n 2. A report of a public servant charged with the custody of official\nfingerprint records which contains a certification that the fingerprints\nof a designated person who has previously been convicted of an offense\nare identical with those of a defendant in a criminal action,\nconstitutes presumptive evidence of the fact that such defendant has\npreviously been convicted of such offense.\n

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