Capital Region Criminal Courts

Which Court Is Your Case In?

In New York, where your case is heard depends on the charge and on where it happened. Misdemeanors, violations, and traffic matters are handled in the local city, town, or village court for the place of the offense. A felony is arraigned in that same local court, or at a county’s off-hours centralized arraignment part, and then moves to the county court once a grand jury returns an indictment. Only a county court can try a felony, and each of the five counties the firm serves has exactly one: in Ballston Spa, Lake George, Fort Edward, Johnstown, and Fonda.

The guides below cover each county court and each city court: the sitting judges, the address and hours, how off-hours arraignments work, which treatment courts and domestic violence parts exist, who prosecutes, where the jail is, and the practical details of getting into the building. Washington County has no city courts; its cases start in seventeen town courts and three village courts, and its guide explains which one covers Hudson Falls. Attorney Andrew DeLuca has appeared in these courts for over 15 years, as an Assistant Public Defender for Montgomery County, as Assistant Conflict Defender for Saratoga County, and as retained counsel.

To talk to Andrew directly about your case and your court, at any time call 518-245-9109