Those arrested in felony cases must be indicted within six days or released.

The issue is critical in felony cases, he said, "so we will push back on it."

The judge is serious, but he no longer carries the burden of these felony cases alone.

They know that less than 5 percent of felony cases come to trial.

This is by far the highest figure among the 50 judges who hear felony cases in Manhattan.

Its 40 lawyers handled 4,500 felony cases last year, for which the county paid $4.4 million.

But the rule affects only about 2 percent of felony cases.

Since these wouldn't put him in jail, the police and prosecutors are working on combining them into a single felony case.

This replaced the rules on accessories after the fact in felony cases.

He tried about 20 major felony cases a year.