Abena Darkeh

Profile data snapshot: February 19, 2026 Details may have changed since.

As of February 19, 2026, Judge Abena Darkeh presides over criminal cases in the Supreme Court of Kings County, having served on the bench for 12 years. Judge Darkeh was most recently appointed to the bench by Mayor de Blasio for a term beginning in 2020 and ending in 2029.

Judicial metrics

Click to expand sections for an explantion of each metric

Publication Rate: 0.2 decisions per year

Higher than 55.17% of judges in the dataset

2 published decisions over 11 years

Excessive Sentence Findings: 0 cases

Higher than 0% of judges in the dataset

Excessive Sentence Reductions: 0 years

Higher than 0% of judges in the dataset

Reassigned Reversals: 0 cases

Higher than 0% of judges in the dataset

Favored Commercial Bonds: 95.2% of bail cases

Higher than 40.67% of judges in the dataset

200 bail cases favoring commercial bonds out of 210 bail cases

Blocked Affordable Bail: 99.0% of bail cases

Higher than 34.26% of judges in the dataset

208 bail cases without PSSB as most affordable out of 210 bail cases

Disproportionate Carcerality: 0 total years

Higher than 0% of judges in the dataset

Public Discipline: 0 determinations

Higher than 0% of judges in the dataset

Suppression Reversal Rate

Not applicable: judge absent from dataset

Published Decisions

2 decisions

2025

People v. Figueroa

View
2017

People v. Rivera

View