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ECourts: eCourts is a free online case information service that allows users to find information on active and closed cases in Civil Supreme and Local Civil Courts, as well as future appearance dates for cases in Criminal, Family, and Housing Courts.

Generally a criminal trial is composed of seven stages: jury selection, opening statements, Prosecution's case, Defense's case, closing arguments, jury instructions, and verdict.

You can either bring your form to the court in person or send it to the court by mail. The fee for a Criminal Certificate of Disposition is five dollars ($5) in courts located outside New York City or ten dollars ($10) in courts located in New York City's five boroughs.

District Courts have criminal jurisdiction over misdemeanors and lesser offenses, and also conduct arraignments in felony cases. They have civil jurisdiction over claims of up to $15,000 and small claims matters not in excess of $5,000.

In New York State, the grand jury proceeding occurs up to 45 days after you have been arrested. If you have opted for a preliminary hearing, the grand jury proceeding will occur 45 days after that. There are several differences between the actual grand jury proceeding and the preliminary hearing.

A superior court information is a written accusation by a district attorney filed in a superior court pursuant to article one hundred ninety-five, charging a person, or two or more persons jointly, with the commission of a crime, or with the commission of two or more offenses, at least one of which is a crime.