New York (State). District Attorney (Queens County)

 Organization

Existence: 1801-present

Historical Note

Each of the five counties in New York City elects a district attorney. The functions and responsibilities of the district attorney have remained essentially unchanged since establishment of the grand jury system in the late 1600s. As the public prosecutor, the district attorney is responsible for presenting sufficient evidence to a grand jury to obtain an indictment for a subsequent trial before a petit jury. The district attorney prosecutes only felony offenses. District attorneys have no civil jurisdiction whatsoever.

Alice Crimmins closed case files

Collection REC-0065
Abstract: On July 14, 1965, Eddie Jr. and Alice Marie Crimmins disappeared from their home, later to be found murdered. Their mother, Alice Crimmins, became the number one suspect in their death. This collection contains the Queens County District Attorney’s investigative files into the crime, which were used to indict, and eventually convict, Alice Crimmins for the crime.
Dates: 1964-1971

Clemente/Brinkman Queens sewer construction criminal case files for 1959

Accession ACC-2012-033
Dates: 1959

Difede Kitchen tape recording summaries and index of conversations with murder case suspects for 1961 to 1962

Accession ACC-2012-032
Dates: 1961-1962

Gibraltar Construction Company account book for 1949 to 1953

Accession ACC-2012-034
Dates: 1949-1953

New York Police Department Photographic Unit photographs of New York City railroad lines, junctions, and yards for 1969

Accession ACC-2012-030
Dates: 1969

Queens County District Attorney case files for Clemente case, circa 1953 to 1964

Accession ACC-1978-016
Dates: circa 1953-1964

Queens County District Attorney Supreme Court closed case files for 1971

Accession ACC-2001-065
Dates: 1971

Queens County District Attorney Supreme Court closed cases for 1972

Accession ACC-2002-016
Dates: 1972

Queens County District Attorney Supreme Court closed cases for 1978

Accession ACC-2006-058
Dates: 1978