Statutes > New York Statutes > CPL - Criminal Procedure > Part 3 - SPECIAL PROCEEDINGS AND MISCELLANEOUS PROCEDURES > Title Q - PROCEDURES FOR SECURING ATTENDANCE AT CRIMINAL ACTIONS AND PROCEEDINGS OF DEFENDANTS NOT SECURABLE BY CONVENTIONAL MEANS--AND RELATED MATTERS > Article 570 - (570.02 - 570.66) SECURING ATTENDANCE OF DEFENDANTS WHO ARE OUTSIDE THE STATE BUT WITHIN THE UNITED STATES--RENDITION TO OTHER JURISDICTIONS OF DEFENDANTS > 570.44 - Persons under criminal prosecution in this state at time of requisition.

570.44 - Persons under criminal prosecution in this state at time of requisition.

§  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.