Even though that number is low compared with what it was a few years ago when 100 or more cases was the norm, Justice McGann said the lobster shift had accomplished something useful: "Each person arraigned tonight is a case that will not have to be handled later".
Mr. McKeehan, held on $10,000 bail, and the other two boys, held on $5,000 bail each, were to be arraigned on Monday on charges of conspiracy to commit murder, conspiracy to commit assault and battery, and possession of ammunition.
Steve Robinson, a San Diego County deputy district attorney, said the defendants were being held in lieu of $750,000 bail each and would be arraigned today in San Diego Superior Court.
Prosecutors said the men, who are scheduled to be arraigned June 17, each face more than seven years in state prison if convicted.
Each had the other arrested, and each is scheduled to be arraigned later this month.
In McAllen, Ormsby arraigned and sentenced each migrant individually, repeatedly checking that they knew their rights, had met with an attorney and were not pleading under duress.
Each of the seven men who were arraigned on Tuesday pleaded not guilty.
The inspectors, mostly middle-aged men, were arraigned in State Supreme Court in Manhattan, each on one or more felony counts of tampering with public records, which carries a maximum penalty of seven years in prison.
The mother of two children who died Sunday in an apartment fire in Canarsie was arraigned yesterday on two counts each of reckless endangerment and endangering the welfare of a child.
Mr. Conroy and his five fellow defendants, each held on $500,000 bail after being arraigned last week on charges including gang assault, seem to be part of that complex picture.
