Christopher J. McCarthy

Judge Christopher J. McCarthy currently presides in Court of Claims in Albany County and has served as a New York judge for 20 years.

Judge McCarthy was most recently appointed to the bench by a New York Governor for a term beginning in 2014 and ending in 2022.

To view Judge McCarthy’s profile on the New York State Courts website, click here.

Judicial metrics

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Publication Rate: 1.1 decisions per year

Higher than 80.7% 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

Excessive Sentence Findings

Not applicable: judge absent from dataset

Excessive Sentence Reductions

Not applicable: judge absent from dataset

Reassigned Reversals

Not applicable: judge absent from dataset

Favored Commercial Bonds

Not applicable: judge absent from dataset

Blocked Affordable Bail

Not applicable: judge absent from dataset

Disproportionate Carcerality

Not applicable: judge absent from dataset

Published Decisions

13 decisions

2021

Lewis v. State of New York

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2020

Ashlaw v. State of New York

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2020

Poole v. State of New York

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2019

Matter of Casey v. Olympic Regional Dev. Auth.

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2019

Fleming v. State of New York

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2019

Robinson v. State of New York

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2017

Matter of Associated Gen. Contrs. of N.Y. State, LLC v. Dormitory Auth. of the State of N.Y.

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2017

Cody v. State of New York

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2016

Matter of Spence v. Governor's Off. of Empl. Relations

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2015

Torres v. State of New York

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NYSCEF Decisions (Unpublished, E-Filed Decisions)

4 decisions

2023

Johns v. State of New York

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2016

Williams v. State of New York

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2015

Cody v. State of New York

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2014

Matter of Upsher v. State of New York

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