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The New York County District Attorney, also known as the Manhattan District Attorney, is the elected district attorney for New York County (Manhattan), New York.The office is responsible for the prosecution of violations of New York state laws (federal law violations in Manhattan are prosecuted by the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York).
The Nassau County District Court is divided into four districts, all of which sit in Hempstead, New York. [1] The first district covers criminal cases countywide. [5] The other three districts cover civil cases, and are organized by town and city: the second covers Hempstead and Long Beach, [6] the third covers North Hempstead, [7] and the ...
The badge of an Assistant District Attorney in Genesee County, New York. The assistant district attorney (assistant DA, ADA), or state prosecutor or assistant state's attorney, is a law enforcement official who represents the state government on behalf of the district attorney in investigating and prosecuting individuals alleged to have ...
Every county outside of New York City has a county seat, [12] which is the location of county government. [13] Nineteen counties operate under county charters, while 38 operate under the general provisions of the County Law. Although all counties have a certain latitude to govern themselves, "charter counties" are afforded greater home rule powers.
The New York State Court of Appeals is the state's highest court. In civil cases, appeals are taken almost exclusively from decisions of the Appellate Divisions. In criminal cases, depending on the type of case and the part of the state in which it arose, appeals can be heard from decisions of the Appellate Division, the Appellate Term, and the County Court.
In the United States, a state court is a law court with jurisdiction over disputes with some connection to a U.S. state.State courts handle the vast majority of civil and criminal cases in the United States; the United States federal courts are far smaller in terms of both personnel and caseload, and handle different types of cases.
In the jurisdictions of England and Wales and of Northern Ireland, since 2009, the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom has the authority to overrule and unify criminal law decisions of lower courts; it is the final court of appeal for civil law cases in all three of the UK jurisdictions, but not for criminal law cases in Scotland, where the ...
New York County Court (57 courts, one for each county outside New York City) [4] New York Surrogate's Court; New York Family Court; New York Court of Claims [5] New York City courts. New York City Criminal Court; New York City Civil Court; New York District Court; New York town and village courts [6] Federal courts located in New York