New York Consolidated Laws

N.Y. Criminal Procedure Law § 20.60 (2026)

Geographical jurisdiction of offenses; communications and transportation of property between jurisdictions

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§ 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.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 1 case, 2005–2005 · leading case: People v. Cespedes, 9 Misc. 3d 705 (N.Y. Sup. Ct. 2005).

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People v. Cespedes, 9 Misc. 3d 705 (N.Y. Sup. Ct. 2005). “Criminal Procedure Law § 20.60 (1) should in fact be given a narrow application.”

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