Miriam R. Best

Judge Miriam R. Best currently presides in Supreme Court - Criminal in New York County and has served as a New York judge for 23 years.

Judge Best was most recently appointed to the bench by a New York City Mayor for a term beginning in 2022 and ending in 2025.

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

Judicial metrics

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Publication Rate: 1.8 decisions per year

Higher than 87.14% of judges in the dataset

Suppression Reversal Rate: 0 percent

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: 85.7% of bail cases

Higher than 44.36% of judges in the dataset

Blocked Affordable Bail: 85.7% of bail cases

Higher than 33.66% 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

21 decisions

2024

People v. Hayes

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2024

People v. Jonathan H

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2021

People v. Mota

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2020

People v. White

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2020

People v. Belle

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2020

People v. I.G.

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2019

People v. Letang

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2019

Matter of State of New York v. Steven W.

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2019

People v. Steven W.

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2019

People v. Alston

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NYSCEF Decisions (Unpublished, E-Filed Decisions)

3 decisions

2021

People ex rel. Rodriguez v. Schiraldi

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2019

People ex rel. Stevenson v. Warden, Anna M. Kross Ctr.

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2019

People ex rel. Nicholson v. Warden, Otis Bantum Corr. Ctr.

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