Warrant of arrest; attaching accusatory instrument to warrant of town court, village court or city court
Criminal Procedure
Section: 120.40
Jurisdiction: NY
Bluebook Citation: N.Y. Crim. Proc. Law § 120.40
§ 120.40 Warrant of arrest; attaching accusatory instrument to warrant\n of town court, village court or city court.\n A town court, village court or city court which issues a warrant of\narrest may attach thereto a duplicate copy of the underlying accusatory\ninstrument. If one or more duplicate copies of the warrant are issued,\nsuch court may attach as many copies of such accusatory instrument to\ncopies of such warrant as it chooses. In any case where, pursuant to\nsubdivision five of section 120.90, a defendant arrested upon such a\nwarrant of arrest is brought before a local criminal court other than\nthe town court, village court or city court in which the warrant is\nreturnable, a copy of the accusatory instrument constitutes a valid\nbasis for arraignment, as provided in subdivision one of section 170.15.\n
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