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Legal Opinion

Opn. No.

New York Attorney General Reports

Decided May 18, 1990Published

1Opinion of the Court

Requestor: James F. Collins, Herkimer County Attorney P.O. Box 471 Herkimer, New York 13350

Written by: Patrick Barnett-Mulligan, Assistant Attorney General

This is in response to a request from your office for an Attorney General's opinion as to the authority of a town or village justice to commit an individual to the county jail following that person's arrest pursuant to an arrest warrant issued by a court in a non-adjoining county.

The issue arises when State Troopers stop an individual for a traffic infraction on the New York State Thruway. Upon investigation, it is discovered that the…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Ford v. StateAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1964
  2. People ex rel. Coates v. MartinAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1959
  3. People ex rel. Little v. MonroeAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1972
  4. Howell v. McGinityAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1987
  5. People v. McDermottAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1989

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