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170.15 – 170.15

New York Criminal Procedure § 170.15

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NY CPL § 170.15 - Removal of action from one local criminal court to another Under circumstances prescribed in this section, a criminal action based upon an information, a simplified information, a prosecutor's information or a misdemeanor complaint may be removed from one local criminal court to another: 1. When a defendant arrested by a police officer for an offense other than a felony, allegedly committed in a city or town, has, owing to special circumstances

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