Each day in Criminal Court, our assistant district attorneys are prepared to take to trial some of the more than 100,000 non-felony cases the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office handles annually. Defense lawyers arrive, as do the defendants. Victims and witnesses take time off from work or school, and police officers leave their beats or extend their shifts. All parties in these cases are ready, but the trials rarely happen.
This unfortunate fact is part of life in Criminal Court, simply because the maximum number of judges mandated by the state Legislature is insufficient to handle the volume of cases, thereby forcing unnecessary or repeat adjournments.
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