Showing posts with label jurisdiction. Show all posts
Showing posts with label jurisdiction. Show all posts

Tuesday, January 6, 2009

Attorney Ethics and Jurisdiction

Here's an interesting ethics question that came up in our practice. We have gotten a number of cases dismissed on "geographic jurisdiction" under Article 20 of the CPL. In short, our client is charged in a town, but it turns out that the location where the incident occurred is clearly in a different town.When it's a simple traffic ticket the police are unlikely to reissue the ticket. It's just