§ 180.20 Proceedings upon felony complaint; removal of action from one\n local criminal court to another.\n Under circumstances prescribed in this section, a criminal action\nbased upon a pending felony complaint may be removed from one local\ncriminal court to another:\n 1. When a defendant arrested by a police officer for a felony\nallegedly committed in a town has not been brought before the town court\nof the town, or as the case may be before the village court of the\nvillage, in which the felony charged was allegedly committed, but,\ninstead, to another local criminal court of the county and there stands\ncharged with such offense by felony complaint, such latter court must\narraign him upon such felony complaint. Such court must then either:\n (a) Dispose of the felony complaint pursuant to this article. If\nsuch disposition results in a reduction of the felony charge and the\nfiling of an information or prosecutor's information charging a\nmisdemeanor or a petty offense pursuant to section 180.50 or subdivision\ntwo or three of section 180.70, such court must conduct the action to\njudgment or other final disposition; or\n (b) Remit the action upon the felony complaint, together with all\npertinent papers and documents, to the town court of the town, or as the\ncase may be to the village court of the village, in which the felony\ncharged was allegedly committed. In such case, the latter court must\ndispose of the felony complaint pursuant to this article.\n 1-a. When a defendant arrested by a police officer for a felony\nallegedly committed in a city has not been brought before the city court\nof such city but, instead, to the local criminal court of an adjoining\ntown or village of the same county and there stands charged with such\noffense by felony complaint, such latter court must arraign him upon\nsuch felony complaint. Such court must then either:\n (a) Dispose of the felony complaint pursuant to this article. If such\ndisposition results in a reduction of the felony charge and the filing\nof an information or prosecutor's information charging a misdemeanor or\na petty offense pursuant to section 180.50 or subdivision two or three\nof section 180.70 of this article, such court must conduct the action to\njudgment or other final disposition; or\n (b) Remit the action upon the felony complaint, together with all\npertinent papers and documents, to the city court of the city in which\nthe felony charged was allegedly committed. In such case, the latter\ncourt must dispose of the felony complaint pursuant to this article.\n 2. When a defendant arrested by a police officer for a felony has\nbeen brought before a superior court judge sitting as a local criminal\ncourt for arraignment upon a felony complaint charging such felony, such\njudge must, as a local criminal court, arraign the defendant upon such\nfelony complaint. Such court must then either:\n (a) Dispose of the felony complaint pursuant to this article. If\nhowever, such disposition results in a reduction of the charge and the\nfiling of an information or prosecutor's information charging a\nmisdemeanor or a petty offense, such judge, after arraigning the\ndefendant upon such accusatory instrument, must remit the action,\ntogether with all pertinent papers and documents, to a local criminal\ncourt having trial jurisdiction of the offense charged, and the latter\ncourt must then conduct the action to judgment or other final\ndisposition; or\n (b) Remit the action upon the felony complaint, together with all\npertinent papers and documents, to a local criminal court having\ngeographical jurisdiction over the area in which the felony charged was\nallegedly committed. In such case, such latter court must dispose of\nthe felony complaint pursuant to this article.\n 3. Notwithstanding any provision of this section to the contrary, in\nany county outside a city having a population of one million or more,\nupon or after arraignment
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