{"jurisdiction": "us-ny", "code": "cpl", "section": "450.60", "citation": "CPL § 450.60", "heading": "Appeal to intermediate appellate court; to what court taken", "text": ["§ 450.60  Appeal to intermediate appellate court; to what court taken.", "The particular intermediate appellate courts to which appeals authorized by sections 450.10 and 450.20 must be taken are as follows:", "1.  An appeal from a judgment, sentence or order of the supreme court must be taken to the appellate division of the department in which such judgment, sentence or order was entered.", "2.  An appeal from a judgment, sentence or order of a county court must be taken to the appellate division of the department in which such judgment, sentence or order was entered.", "3.  An appeal from a judgment, sentence or order of a local criminal court located outside of New York City must, except as otherwise provided in this subdivision, be taken to the county court of the county in which such judgment, sentence or order was entered.", "If the appellate division of the second, third or fourth department has established an appellate term of the supreme court for its department, it may direct that appeals from such judgments, sentences and orders of such local criminal courts, or of particular classifications of such local criminal courts, be taken to such appellate term of the supreme court instead of to the county court; and in such case such an appeal must be so taken.", "4.  An appeal from a judgment, sentence or order of the New York City criminal court must be taken, if such judgment, sentence or order was entered at a term of such court held in New York or Bronx county, to the appellate division of the first department, and, if entered at a term of such court held in Kings, Queens or Richmond county, to the appellate division of the second department; except that if the appellate division of either such department has established an appellate term of the supreme court for its department, it may direct that all such appeals be taken thereto; and in such case such an appeal must be so taken."], "official_source": "https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/laws/CPL/450.60", "from_official_api": true, "plain_english": "Appeals authorized by **§§ 450.10 and 450.20** go to the following courts:\n\n- **(1)** From Supreme Court, to the **Appellate Division for the department where the ruling was entered**.\n- **(2)** From County Court, to the **Appellate Division for that department**.\n- **(3)** From a local criminal court outside New York City, normally to the **County Court for that county**; in the Second, Third, or Fourth Department, the Appellate Division may instead direct appeals to an established Appellate Term. ★\n- **(4)** From New York City Criminal Court, to the **First Department** for New York or Bronx County, and the **Second Department** for Kings, Queens, or Richmond County, unless the department directs appeals to its Appellate Term.", "in_force_on": "2026-05-31", "retrieved": "2026-09-27", "url": "https://elyphived.com/us-ny/cpl/450.60", "publisher": "Elyphived LLC"}