Professor Steven Zeidman's essay, "Criminal Court After Stop and Frisk" (NYLJ, Aug. 28), unfortunately reflects a misunderstanding of the role judges play in the Criminal Court and is a disservice to the hardworking jurists who preside there.
The essay paints Criminal Court judges as indifferent to the legality of police conduct. Nothing could be further from the truth. In advocating for the courts to determine the legality of a stop at arraignments, the essay ignores the proper function of an arraignment in the criminal process and the fact that the majority of arraignments occur within 24 hours of a defendant's arrest.
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