Persons under criminal prosecution in this state at time of requisition · as in force on May 31, 2026
§ 570.44 Persons under criminal prosecution in this state at time of
requisition.
If a criminal prosecution has been instituted against such person under the laws of this state and is still pending, the governor, in his discretion, may either surrender him on demand of the executive authority of another state or hold him until he has been tried and discharged or convicted and punished in this state.
When a New York criminal prosecution against the person is still pending, the governor may either surrender the person to another state or keep the person in New York until trial and discharge or conviction and punishment. ★
Marked in the text: penalties, time limits, sums of money. Editorial emphasis added by this edition; it does not appear in the statute as enacted.
This provision appears in Volume 1 — The Court Officer in Plain English; Volume 2 — The Court Officer: Criminal Procedure Law; Volume 2 — Your Career: Criminal Procedure in Plain English.