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New York's rules of civil procedure allow for interlocutory appeals of right from nearly every order and decision of the trial court, [6] meaning that most may be appealed to the appropriate appellate department while the case is still pending in the trial court.[[Map of the four departments of the New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Juan Manuel Merchan [1] (born 1962/1963) [2] is an American judge and former prosecutor. He is an acting justice of the New York State Supreme Court in New York County (Manhattan). He presided over the 2024 criminal trial of former US president Donald Trump, in which Trump was found guilty by the jury.
The Queens County Criminal Courts Building houses justices and courtrooms of the New York Supreme Court. The New York Supreme Court is the oldest Supreme Court with general original jurisdiction. It was established as the Supreme Court of Judicature by the Province of New York on May 6, 1691. That court was continued by the State of New York ...
Judge Merchan is an acting justice with the New York State Supreme Court and has held the position since 2009. The Colombian native moved to the US as a child and grew up in Queens, New York ...
Appeals are taken to the Appellate Division, as a matter of right, in civil and criminal cases, from the Supreme Court, Surrogate's Court, Family Court, and Court of Claims. [3] Along with the state's other three Appellate Departments, it shares responsibility for all admissions to the New York bar.
These counties comprise 8% of New York State's land area, yet account for more than 50% of its population. [1] As with all four departments of the Appellate Division, the Second Department was created in its current form by the Constitution of the State of New York, adopted at the 1894 constitutional convention. The constitution fixes the ...
Associate Judge Ellen Gesmer, a judge in New York state’s appellate division, denied Trump's request for a sentencing delay Tuesday, a day after Judge Juan Merchan rejected the same request ...
The judge’s decision comes after prosecutors in New York urged Merchan not to allow Trump’s eleventh-hour effort to move the case to federal court to prevent him from ruling on pending motions ...