Corporate defendants; prosecution thereof

N.Y. Criminal Procedure Law § 600.20, under Securing Attendance of Corporate Defendants and Related Matters.

N.Y. Criminal Procedure Law § 600.20

§ 600.20 Corporate defendants; prosecution thereof. At all stages of a criminal action, from the commencement thereof through sentence, a corporate defendant must appear by counsel. Upon failure of appearance at the time such defendant is required to enter a plea to the accusatory instrument, the court may enter a plea of guilty and impose sentence.