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ARTICLE 20--GEOGRAPHICAL JURISDICTION OF OFFENSES
Section 20.10 Geographical jurisdiction of offenses; definitions of
terms.
20.20 Geographical jurisdiction of offenses; jurisdiction of
state.
20.30 Geographical jurisdiction of offenses; effect of laws of
other jurisdictions upon this state`s jurisdiction.
20.40 Geographical jurisdiction of offenses; jurisdiction of
counties.
20.50 Geographical jurisdiction of offenses; jurisdiction of
cities, towns and villages.
20.60 Geographical jurisdiction of offenses; communications and
transportation of property between jurisdictions.
S 20.10 Geographical jurisdiction of offenses; definitions of terms.
The following definitions are applicable to this article:
1. "This state" means New York State as its boundaries are prescribed
in the state law, and the space over it.
2. "County" means any of the sixty-two counties of this state as its
boundaries are prescribed by law, and the space over it.
3. "Result of an offense." When a specific consequence, such as the
death of the victim in a homicide case, is an element of an offense, the
occurrence of such consequence constitutes the "result" of such offense.
An offense of which a result is an element is a "result offense."
4. "Particular effect of an offense." When conduct constituting an
offense produces consequences which, though not necessarily amounting to
a result or element of such offense, have a materially harmful impact
upon the governmental processes or community welfare of a particular
jurisdiction, or result in the defrauding of persons in such
jurisdiction, such conduct and offense have a "particular effect" upon
such jurisdiction.
S 20.20 Geographical jurisdiction of offenses; jurisdiction of state.
Except as otherwise provided in this section and section 20.30, a
person may be convicted in the criminal courts of this state of an
offense defined by the laws of this state, committed either by his own
conduct or by the conduct of another for which he is legally accountable
pursuant to section 20.00 of the penal law, when:
1. Conduct occurred within this state sufficient to establish:
(a) An element of such offense; or
(b) An attempt to commit such offense; or
(c) A conspiracy or criminal solicitation to commit such offense, or
otherwise to establish the complicity of at least one of the persons
liable therefor; provided that the jurisdiction accorded by this
paragraph extends only to conviction of those persons whose
conspiratorial or other conduct of complicity occurred within this
state; or
2. Even though none of the conduct constituting such offense may have
occurred within this state:
(a) The offense committed was a result offense and the result
occurred within this state. If the offense was one of homicide, it is
presumed that the result, namely the death of the victim, occurred
within this state if the victim`s body or a part thereof was found
herein; or
(b) The statute defining the offense is designed to prevent the
occurrence of a particular effect in this state and the conduct
constituting the offense committed was performed with intent that it
would have such effect herein; or
(c) The offense committed was an attempt to commit a crime within
this state; or
(d) The offense committed was conspiracy to commit a crime within
this state and an overt act in furtherance of such conspiracy occurred
within this state; or
3. The offense committed was one of omission to perform within this
state a duty imposed by the laws of this state. In such case, it is
immaterial whether such person was within or outside this state at the
time of the omission.
S 20.30 Geographical jurisdiction of offenses; effect of laws of other
jurisdictions upon this state`s jurisdiction.
1. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 20.20, the courts of
this state do not have jurisdiction to convict a person of an alleged
offense partly committed within this state but consummated in another
jurisdiction, or an offense of criminal solicitation, conspiracy or
attempt in this state to commit a crime in another jurisdiction, or an
offense of criminal facilitation in this state of a felony committed in
another jurisdiction, unless the conduct constituting the consummated
offense or, as the case may be, the conduct constituting the crime
solicited, conspiratorially contemplated or facilitated, constitutes an
offense under the laws of such other jurisdiction as well as under the
laws of this state.
2. The courts of this state are not deprived of the jurisdiction
accorded them by section 20.20 to convict a person of an offense defined
by the laws of this state, partly committed in another jurisdiction but
consummated in this state, or an offense of attempt or conspiracy in
another jurisdiction to commit in this state a crime defined by the laws
of this state, by the circumstance that the conduct constituting the
consummated offense or, as the case may be, the crime attempted or
conspiratorially contemplated, does not constitute an offense under the
laws of such other jurisdiction.
S 20.40 Geographical jurisdiction of offenses; jurisdiction of counties.
A person may be convicted in an appropriate criminal court of a
particular county, of an offense of which the criminal courts of this
state have jurisdiction pursuant to section 20.20, committed either by
his own conduct or by the conduct of another for which he is legally
accountable pursuant to section 20.00 of the penal law, when:
1. Conduct occurred within such county sufficient to establish:
(a) An element of such offense; or
(b) An attempt or a conspiracy to commit such offense; or
2. Even though none of the conduct constituting such offense may have
occurred within such county:
(a) The offense committed was a result offense and the result occurred
in such county; or
(b) The offense committed was one of homicide and the victim`s body or
a part thereof was found in such county; or
(c) Such conduct had, or was likely to have, a particular effect upon
such county or a political subdivision or part thereof, and was
performed with intent that it would, or with knowledge that it was
likely to, have such particular effect therein; or
(d) The offense committed was attempt, conspiracy or criminal
solicitation to commit a crime in such county; or
(e) The offense committed was criminal facilitation of a felony
committed in such county; or
3. The offense committed was one of omission to perform a duty imposed
by law, which duty either was required to be or could properly have been
performed in such county. In such case, it is immaterial whether such
person was within or outside such county at the time of the omission; or
4. Jurisdiction of such offense is accorded to the courts of such
county pursuant to any of the following rules:
(a) An offense of abandonment of a child or non-support of a child may
be prosecuted in (i) any county in which such child resided during the
period of abandonment or non-support, or (ii) any county in which such
person resided during such period, or (iii) any county in which such
person was present during such period, provided that he was arrested for
such offense in such county or the criminal action therefor was
commenced while he was present therein.
(b) An offense of bigamy may be prosecuted either in the county in
which such offense was committed or in (i) any county in which bigamous
cohabitation subsequently occurred, or (ii) any county in which such
person was present after the commission of the offense, provided that he
was arrested for such offense in such county or the criminal action
therefor was commenced while he was present therein.
(c) An offense committed within five hundred yards of the boundary of
a particular county, and in an adjoining county of this state, may be
prosecuted in either such county.
(d) An offense committed anywhere on the Hudson river southward of the
northern boundary of New York City, or anywhere on New York bay between
Staten Island and Long Island, may be prosecuted in any of the five
counties of New York City.
(e) An offense committed upon any bridge or in any tunnel having
terminals in different counties may be prosecuted in any terminal
county.
(f) An offense committed on board a railroad train, aircraft or
omnibus operating as a common carrier may be prosecuted in any county
through or over which such common carrier passed during the particular
trip, or in any county in which such trip terminated or was scheduled to
terminate.
(g) An offense committed in a private vehicle during a trip thereof
extending through more than one county may be prosecuted in any county
through which such vehicle passed in the course of such trip.
(h) An offense committed on board a vessel navigating or lying in any
river, canal or lake flowing through or situated within this state, may
be prosecuted in any county bordering upon such body of water, or in
which it is located, or through which it passes; and if such offense was
committed upon a vessel operating as a common carrier, it may be
prosecuted in any county bordering upon any body of water upon which
such vessel navigated or passed during the particular trip.
(i) An offense committed in the Atlantic Ocean within two nautical
miles from the shore at high water mark may be prosecuted in an
appropriate court of the county the shore line of which is closest to
the point where the offense was committed. A crime committed more than
two nautical miles from the shore but within the boundary of this state
may be prosecuted in the supreme court of the county the shore line of
which is closest to the point where the crime was committed.
(j) An offense of forgery may be prosecuted in any county in which the
defendant, or another for whose conduct the defendant is legally
accountable pursuant to section 20.00 of the penal law, possessed the
instrument.
(k) An offense of offering of a false instrument for filing, or of
larceny by means of a false pretense therein, may be prosecuted (i) in
any county in which such instrument was executed, in whole or in part,
or (ii) in any county in which any of the goods or services for which
payment or reimbursement is sought by means of such instrument were
purported to have been provided.
(1) An offense of identity theft or unlawful possession of personal
identification information may be prosecuted (i) in any county in which
part of the offense took place regardless of whether the defendant was
actually present in such county, or (ii) in the county in which the
person who suffers financial loss resided at the time of the commission
of the offense, or (iii) in the county where the person whose personal
identification information was used in the commission of the offense
resided at the time of the commission of the offense.
S 20.50 Geographical jurisdiction of offenses; jurisdiction of cities,
towns and villages.
1. The principles prescribed in section 20.40, governing geographical
jurisdiction over offenses as between counties of this state, are, where
appropriate, applicable to the determination of geographical
jurisdiction over offenses as between cities, towns and villages within
a particular county unless a different determination is required by the
provisions of some other express provision of statute.
2. Where an offense prosecutable in a local criminal court is
committed in a city other than New York City, or in a town or village,
but within one hundred yards of any other such political subdivision, it
may be prosecuted in either such political subdivision.
S 20.60 Geographical jurisdiction of offenses; communications and
transportation of property between jurisdictions.
For purposes of this article:
1. An oral or written statement made by a person in one jurisdiction
to a person in another jurisdiction by means of telecommunication, mail
or any other method of communication is deemed to be made in each such
jurisdiction.
2. A person who causes property to be transported from one
jurisdiction to another by means of mail, common carrier or any other
method is deemed to have personally transported it in each jurisdiction,
and if delivery is made in the second jurisdiction he is deemed to have
personally made such delivery therein.
3. A person who causes by any means the use of a computer or computer
service in one jurisdiction from another jurisdiction is deemed to have
personally used the computer or computer service in each jurisdiction.
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