3.21 - 2. Superior Court

• Jurisdiction: New York

2. Superior Court

The procedures for an order of recognizance or bail in the superior court at arraignment are similar to those in the local criminal court. The court must order release on recognizance or bail if the defendant is charged with only non-felony offenses,⁴⁴⁹ while remand may be ordered if the crime charged is a felony.⁴⁵⁰ If an indictment resulted from a complaint that was previously pending in the local criminal court, and that court had previously issued an order of bail or recognizance, the superior court, at the defendant’s arraignment on the indictment, may continue the...