§ 20.40 Geographical jurisdiction of offenses; jurisdiction of counties.\n A person may be convicted in an appropriate criminal court of a\nparticular county, of an offense of which the criminal courts of this\nstate have jurisdiction pursuant to section 20.20, committed either by\nhis or her own conduct or by the conduct of another for which he or she\nis legally accountable pursuant to section 20.00 of the penal law, when:\n 1. Conduct occurred within such county sufficient to establish:\n (a) An element of such offense; or\n (b) An attempt or a conspiracy to commit such offense; or\n 2. Even though none of the conduct constituting such offense may have\noccurred within such county:\n (a) The offense committed was a result offense and the result occurred\nin such county; or\n (b) The offense committed was one of homicide and the victim's body or\na part thereof was found in such county; or\n (c) Such conduct had, or was likely to have, a particular effect upon\nsuch county or a political subdivision or part thereof, and was\nperformed with intent that it would, or with knowledge that it was\nlikely to, have such particular effect therein; or\n (d) The offense committed was attempt, conspiracy or criminal\nsolicitation to commit a crime in such county; or\n (e) The offense committed was criminal facilitation of a felony\ncommitted in such county; or\n 3. The offense committed was one of omission to perform a duty imposed\nby law, which duty either was required to be or could properly have been\nperformed in such county. In such case, it is immaterial whether such\nperson was within or outside such county at the time of the omission; or\n 4. Jurisdiction of such offense is accorded to the courts of such\ncounty pursuant to any of the following rules:\n (a) An offense of abandonment of a child or non-support of a child may\nbe prosecuted in (i) any county in which such child resided during the\nperiod of abandonment or non-support, or (ii) any county in which such\nperson resided during such period, or (iii) any county in which such\nperson was present during such period, provided that he was arrested for\nsuch offense in such county or the criminal action therefor was\ncommenced while he was present therein.\n (b) An offense of bigamy may be prosecuted either in the county in\nwhich such offense was committed or in (i) any county in which bigamous\ncohabitation subsequently occurred, or (ii) any county in which such\nperson was present after the commission of the offense, provided that he\nwas arrested for such offense in such county or the criminal action\ntherefor was commenced while he was present therein.\n (c) An offense committed within five hundred yards of the boundary of\na particular county, and in an adjoining county of this state, may be\nprosecuted in either such county.\n (d) An offense committed anywhere on the Hudson river southward of the\nnorthern boundary of New York City, or anywhere on New York bay between\nStaten Island and Long Island, may be prosecuted in any of the five\ncounties of New York City.\n (e) An offense committed upon any bridge or in any tunnel having\nterminals in different counties may be prosecuted in any terminal\ncounty.\n (f) An offense committed on board a railroad train, aircraft or\nomnibus operating as a common carrier may be prosecuted in any county\nthrough or over which such common carrier passed during the particular\ntrip, or in any county in which such trip terminated or was scheduled to\nterminate.\n (g) An offense committed in a private vehicle during a trip thereof\nextending through more than one county may be prosecuted in any county\nthrough which such vehicle passed in the course of such trip.\n (h) An offense committed on board a vessel navigating or lying in any\nriver, canal or lake flowing through or situated within this state, may\nbe prosecuted in any county bordering upon such body of water, or in\nwhich it is located, or through which it pa
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