Joanne B. Watters

Judge Joanne B. Watters currently presides in Supreme Court - Criminal in Queens County and has served as a New York judge for 11 years.

Judge Watters was most recently appointed to the bench by a New York City Mayor for a term beginning in 2024 and ending in 2033.

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

Judicial metrics

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Publication Rate: 0.3 decisions per year

Higher than 62.78% of judges in the dataset

Suppression Reversal Rate: 0.0%

Higher than 0% of judges in the dataset

Excessive Sentence Findings: 0 cases

Higher than 0% of judges in the dataset

Excessive Sentence Reductions: 0.0 years

Higher than 0% of judges in the dataset

Reassigned Reversals: 0 cases

Higher than 0% of judges in the dataset

Favored Commercial Bonds: 89.3% of bail cases

Higher than 51.91% of judges in the dataset

Blocked Affordable Bail: 89.3% of bail cases

Higher than 39.5% of judges in the dataset

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

Published Decisions

3 decisions

2024

People v. Castelan

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2024

People v. Wilber S.

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2016

People v. America

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