PEOPLE v. GREENBERG


89 N.Y.2d 553 (1997)

678 N.E.2d 878

656 N.Y.S.2d 192

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Martin Greenberg, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided March 25, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Speiser & Heinzmann, White Plains (Joseph C. Heinzmann, Jr., of counsel), for appellant.

Robert M. Morgenthau, District Attorney of New York County, New York City (Judy C. Seiff and Paul Harnisch of counsel), for respondent.

Judges TITONE, BELLACOSA, SMITH, LEVINE, CIPARICK and WESLEY concur.


Chief Judge KAYE.

An offense committed on board a common carrier may be prosecuted in any county through which the carrier passed during the trip (CPL 20.40 [4] [f]). Does this statute allow defendant to be tried in New York County for offenses committed on a commuter train from Westchester to New York County, where it is undisputed that the offenses took place wholly...

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