Brooklyn Supreme Criminal expands operations to include non-essential matters
The Kings County Supreme Court, Criminal Term, began what it is calling Phase 2 of its plan to operate remotely when it began hearing certain non-essential matters on Monday.
For nearly a month it had worked to streamline the process of holding remote arraignments and other emergency hearings. On Monday it expanded its operations to include virtual pleas that may or may not result in the defendant’s release, sentences to state prison time, new filings of violations of parole, motion practice, judicial subpoenas and various types of warrant applications.
To implement the next portion of the plan, the court implemented a two-tiered system for initiating Skype conferences.