A motion is a request for the judge to do something you may want. After you've been arrest or indicted, New York Law allows your criminal defense attorney a limited amount of time to file the motions and it's very important not to miss the deadline. The following are some of the motions that may be filed in court:

• 240.43 - Bad prior acts used to impeach the defendant
• Cardona - Defendant's admission to a witness
• Clayton - Dismissal in the interest of justice
• Competency to stand trial
• Darden - Establish the informant's existence
• Dunaway - Suppress defendant's statements - no right to arrest
• Forman - Ex Parte Order of Protection
• Franks/Alfininto - Perjury to obtain a search warrant
• Frye - Scientific procedure
• Goggins - Informant's ID
• Hinton - Closure of the Courtroom
• Huntley - Admissibility of defendant's statements to the police
• Ingle - Stop of the Vehicle
• Kastigar - Immunity agreement and admissibility of evidence
• Mapp - Physical evidence and consent to search
• Outley - Disregard of the promise between plea and sentence
• Payton - If the defendant was arrested inside his home without a warrant
• Preliminary Hearing - continued detention of the defendant in jail
• Rodriguez - Whether the witness and the defendant know each other
• Sandoval - Impeachment of the defendant
• Singer - Delay from the crime to arrest
• Sirois/Hellenbrand/Mastrangelo - Whether a witness can be introduced
• SORA - Classification of the sex offender level
• Swearability - Whether a minor or a disabled person can understand the oath
• Ventimiglia - Uncharged crimes used to impeach the defendant
• Wade - Admissibility of the identification of the defendant