She and five other judges had begun hearing narcotics cases in a hinterland of the court system.
Court officials and prosecutors say that most narcotics cases now take six months to a year to be resolved.
In a narcotics case before her, the prosecutor spoke directly with the defendant without telling the defense lawyer.
The first such court for narcotics cases was set up in Manhattan.
There were no resolutions of the charges except the narcotics case, for which he is on probation.
He was known as a harsh sentencer, especially in narcotics cases.
They want judges to have discretion in sentencing for all narcotics cases.
"Are you suggesting this was basically a narcotics case?"
Actually, this has nothing to do with the narcotics cases.
The money was also used to hired more state prosecutors who deal solely with narcotics cases.