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2018 New York Laws
CPL - Criminal Procedure
Part 2 - The Principal Proceedings
Title H - Preliminary Proceedings in Local Criminal Court
Article 150 - The Appearance Ticket
150.50 - Appearance Ticket; Filing a Local Criminal Court Accusatory Instrument; Dismissal of Insufficient Instrument.

Universal Citation: NY Crim Pro L § 150.50 (2018)
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§ 150.50 Appearance  ticket;  filing  a  local criminal court accusatory

         instrument; dismissal of insufficient instrument.

1.  A police officer or other public servant who has issued and served
  an appearance ticket must, at or before the time such appearance  ticket
  is  returnable,  file or cause to be filed with the local criminal court
  in which it is returnable a local criminal court  accusatory  instrument
  charging  the  person  named  in such appearance ticket with the offense
  specified therein.  Nothing herein contained shall authorize the use  of
  a simplified information when not authorized by law.

2.    If  such accusatory instrument is not sufficient on its face, as
  prescribed in section 100.40, and if the court is satisfied that on  the
  basis  of the available facts or evidence it would be impossible to draw
  and file an accusatory instrument which is sufficient on  its  face,  it
  must dismiss such accusatory instrument.

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