The court I chose to visit was New York County Criminal Court, located on Centre street. I sat in on arraignments, which were being handled as if they were on a converor belt. This process is the first opportunity a defendant has to encounter a judge after being arrested. Most of the individuals had been arrested the day before and were then being arraigned on the following day, which goes with our notion of a fair and speedy trail. The crimes which I saw ranged from driving without a license to drug offenses, which seemed to be the crime of choice for the day. The assistant District Attorney had the