Art 10

Question 1

CPL 10.10
T/F
A city court must have the word “city” in its title to be denominated as such.

Answer 1

False. A city court is any court of a city, other than NYC, which has trial jurisdiction of offenses of less than felony grade committed within such city - no matter what name the court is known as.

Question 2

CPL 10.10

A district court is a ____

Answer 2

Local criminal court

Question 3

CPL 10.10
T/F
The NYC criminal court is a superior court.

Answer 3

False. NYC criminal court is a local criminal court

Question 5

CPL 10.10

A justice court is a ____

Answer 5

Local criminal court

Question 6

CPL 10.10

The two types of criminal courts are ___ and ___

Answer 6

Local criminal courts. Superior courts.

Question 8

CPL 10.20

The courts which have exclusive trial jurisdiction over all felonies are ___

Answer 8

Superior courts

Question 9

CPL 10.20

Local criminal courts have preliminary jurisdiction over ___ offenses

Answer 9

All

Question 10

CPL 10.20

Local criminal courts have concurrent trial jurisdiction with superior courts over all ___

Answer 10

Misdemeanors.

Question 11

CPL 10.30

Local criminal courts have exclusive jurisdiction over ___ offenses

Answer 11

Petty

Question 12

CPL 10.30
T/F
Superior court judge sitting as LCC has trial jurisdiction over all offenses

Answer 12

False. Superior court judges may sit in lower criminal courts for arraignments, issuing warrants of arrest and issuing search warrants.

Question 13

CPL 10.30

County court judge sitting as a lower criminal court has trial jurisdiction over all offenses.

Answer 13

False. Superior court judges may sit in lower criminal courts for arraignments, issuing warrants of arrest and issuing search warrants.

Question 22

CPL 10.30
T/F
Submission of papers not in compliance with this section is grounds for denial or granting of any motion.

Answer 22

False. Submission of papers not in compliance with this section is not grounds for denial or granting of any motion.