New York Criminal Procedure Law Section 20.20 - Geographical Jurisdiction Of Offenses; Jurisdiction Of State.

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    § 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.

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