Juan M. Merchan

Judge Juan M. Merchan currently presides in Court of Claims - Criminal in New York County and has served as a New York judge for 20 years.

Judge Merchan was most recently appointed to the bench by a New York Governor for a term beginning in 2018 and ending in 2027.

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

Judicial metrics

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Publication Rate: 2.2 decisions per year

Higher than 88.85% of judges in the dataset

Suppression Reversal Rate: 4.7%

Higher than 90.72% of judges in the dataset

Excessive Sentence Findings: 1 cases

Higher than 89.28% of judges in the dataset

Excessive Sentence Reductions: 2.0 years

Higher than 89.92% of judges in the dataset

Reassigned Reversals: 0 cases

Higher than 0% of judges in the dataset

Public Discipline: 0 determinations

Higher than 0% of judges in the 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

26 decisions

2 decisions

1 decision

11 decisions