The following definitions are applicable to this article: 1. 'This state' means New York State as its boundaries are prescribed in the state law, and the space over it. 2. 'County' means any of the sixty-two counties of this state as its boundaries are prescribed by law, and the space over it. 3. 'Result of an offense.' When a specific consequence, such as the death of the victim in a homicide case, is an element of an offense, the occurrence of such consequence constitutes the 'result' of such offense. An offense of which a result is an element is a 'result offense.' 4. 'Particular effect of an offense.' When conduct constituting an offense produces consequences which, though not necessarily amounting to a result or element of such offense, have a materially harmful impact upon the governmental processes or community welfare of a particular jurisdiction, or result in the defrauding of persons in such jurisdiction, such conduct and offense have a 'particular effect' upon such jurisdiction.
New York Legal Code