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Chester, NY Town Court
Town of Chester, NY - Justice Court
1786 Kings Hwy, Chester, NY 10918
1786 Kings Hwy, Chester, NY 10918
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Phone: (845) 469-9541 Fax:
Court Calendar: Monday and Tuesday
Traffic Tickets: Prosecuted by Special Town Prosecutor (State Police) or local
officers.
Criminal Prosecutions: Orange County District Attorney's Office
Judges: Justice Janet Haislip & Justice Sharon Worthy-Spiegl
Traffic Enforcement
Route 17 runs through the east-west length of the Town of Chester. Enforcement on Rt. 17
is almost exclusively handled by officers from "Troop F" of the NYS Police. The speed limit along the Route 17 is mostly 65 mph
(there are 55 mph segments) and almost all speeding tickets are written for speeds more than 10 mph over the limit. Stationary radar
and laser speed detection are widely used. Traffic law enforcement along all of the other roads in the Town of Chestere is largely
done by local town police officers. Local police enforcement is most active on Kings Hwy and Rt. 17M.
Traffic
Court
Both town justices have "traffic calendars" which are devoted to adjudicating traffic tickets. The NYS Police are prohibited
from negotiating plea bargains on traffic violations. As a result, a special town prosecutor has been appointed to deal with tickets
written by the NYS police. 95% of state police tickets are adjudicated through plea bargains with the special prosecutor. The Town
Prosecutor and both judges are reasonable about plea bargains as long as the speed was not more than 25 mph over the limit or over
90 mph.
Local police officers somtimes prosecute their own tickets, though the special prosecutor may substitute for them.
Again, most tickets are resolved through plea bargains. Traffic court sessions can last 1-2 hours. Attorneys are permitted
to appear without their clients being present for traffic court.
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For more information about speeding and other traffic offenses, click
here
To read some Frequently Asked Traffic Law questions, click here.
For information about having the Law Office of Glenn
Magnell defend your speeding ticket or DWI charge, click here.
Criminal Law Enforcement and Prosecutions
All criminal
prosecutions are handled by the Orange County District Attorney's Office. The DA's office takes a very hard line
on DWI prosecutions. In 2009 there were more than 1800 alcohol related driving arrests impaired or intoxicated driving (DWI, DWAI,
DWAI-D) in Orange County. Both the NYS Police and the Chester Town Police made numerous arrests. Most arrests occurred after
dark with many taking place after midnight. Police officers assume that many driver's who are out after midnight have consumed alcohol
and or drugs. As a result they are looking for any lawful reason to pull drivers over in order to investigate possible DWI incidents.
Alcohol checkpoints were established several times by the a combined task force of NYS Police and Chester police. All of
these offenses are "criminal" violations of the law and, as a result are prosecuted by the Orange County District Attorney's
office.
Other typical criminal cases heard in Chester Town Court are petty larceny, assault, harrassment and drug possession.
Misdemeanors remain the jurisdiction of the town court, while felonies are transferred to the Orange County Court if there is a felony
indictment by the Grand Jury.
For more information about DWI, click here.
To read some Frequently Asked Questions about
DWI, click here.
For information about having the Law Office of Glenn Magnell represent you on yourticket or DWI charge,, click
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