Joy M. Watson

Judge Joy M. Watson currently presides in District Court in Nassau County and has served as a New York judge for 13 years.

Judge Watson was most recently elected to the bench for a term beginning in 2023 and ending in 2028.

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

Judicial metrics

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Publication Rate: 0.1 decisions per year

Higher than 47.64% 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: 94.0% of bail cases

Higher than 61.33% of judges in the dataset

Blocked Affordable Bail: 97.0% of bail cases

Higher than 60.41% of judges in the dataset

Public Discipline: 0 determinations

Higher than 0% of judges in the dataset

Disproportionate Carcerality

Not applicable: judge absent from dataset

Published Decisions

1 decision

2016

People v. Rasoully

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