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Supreme Court of the State of New York

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The superior trial court of the Judiciary of New York, established in the Province of New York on May 6, 1691 and vested with unlimited civil and criminal jurisdiction. New York is the only state where "supreme court" names a trial court rather than a court of last resort, which in New York is the Court of Appeals; the Supreme Court is established in each of New York's sixty-two counties. The New York County (Manhattan) branch of the court, presided over by Justice Charles J. Tejada, vacated the convictions of the five defendants in the Central Park jogger case in December 2002. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

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Founded DateSourced to the subject's own account
1691-05-06 1
Jurisdiction ScopeSourced to the subject's own account
New York State (one branch per county; unlimited civil and criminal trial jurisdiction) 1
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Jurisdiction Scope (category)Sourced to the subject's own account
State / Provincial 1
Supreme Court of the State of New York
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Source Benjamin N. Cardozo (Wikipedia)
Source Robert F. Wagner (Wikipedia)

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1. Wikipedia: Supreme Court of the State of New York
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New York is the only state where supreme court is a trial court rather than a court of last resort (which in New York is the Court of Appeals).
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Robert F. Wagner (Wikipedia)
Wikipedia contributorsHas Member: Robert F. Wagner, lead paragraph: served as a justice of the New York Supreme Court until his election to the U.S. SenateView the Source
Benjamin N. Cardozo (Wikipedia)
Wikipedia contributorsHas Member: Benjamin N. Cardozo, lead paragraph: won an election to the New York Supreme Court in 1913View the Source
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