In general, a felony trial is supposed to begin six months after arraignment, the court appearance in which charges are filed.

In the vast majority of felony trials, it is the prosecutor who holds the advantage.

The charges were riddled with contradictions, but were enough to send him to a penitentiary pending a felony trial.

Welcome to the practice of felony trials.

He established new programs to aid crime witnesses and victims, introduced nighttime felony trials, and helped set up a second-chance program for drug users.

Friends described him as a moderate conservative who enjoyed prosecution more than private practice and was undefeated in the five or six felony trials he prosecuted.

Harris specializes in felony criminal trials and major civil litigation.

As a result, some judges assigned to felony trials have been idle while many who preside over misdemeanors are swamped.

During 1924 he caused the average length of a felony trial to be cut from 130 to 51 days.

Congress limited a magistrate's involvement to misdemeanors and other relatively minor roles, and jury selection is a major event in a felony trial.