There were no new criminal cases listed at the monthly arraignments session at Supreme Court this morning.Lawyers could be heard expressing surprise at the unusual situation. Usually, there are several new cases coming before the court each month.However, the packed diaries of prosecutors and defence lawyers alike still prompted wrangling over suitable dates for cases pending from previous sessions.Eventually, a number of dates came to be fixed by Puisne Judge Carlisle Greaves.Janis Zegelis, a Latvian sailor, faces charges of conspiring to import and possessing a semi automatic pistol, 192 rounds of ammunition and an unspecified amount of cocaine on July 21 2011.He was arrested after police and HM Customs raided his yacht the Artur, which was moored in St George’s for repairs.Mr Justice Greaves moved his trial from May 7 to August 27 because defence lawyer Mark Pettingill was double-booked with another case.The judge expressed strongly that he would like all pending criminal trials to be dealt with as soon as possible. He therefore ordered Zegelis to return to court on May 21 to establish whether the case can be brought forward. He remanded the defendant into custody in the meantime.Another trial, that of Randolph Simons and Everett Bean, was shifted from July 16 to accommodate Mr Pettingill’s schedule. The men are accused of conspiring to import cocaine. Mr Justice Greaves set a provisional trial date for May 28. He bailed Bean and remanded Simons in the meantime.The trial of Ezra Ezzard Williams, who told the court his real name is actually Ezra Ezzard Ararat II, was fixed for July 9 despite the defendant stating that he has fired defence lawyer Shade Subair and wishes to defend himself.He is accused, along with Zharrin Simmons and Ezra Mark Ararat of robbing a man and teenaged girl at knifepoint.The judge told him to return to court for the next arraignments session on June 1 for an update on the case, and remanded him until then.Meanwhile, it was not possible to fix a trial date for 16-year-old Rashaun Codrington who is accused of murdering 18-year-old Malcolm Outerbridge on the Railway Trail near his Warwick home on October 28 last year.Defence lawyer Charles Richardson said the defendant has been unable to obtain Legal Aid, and the judge said he was not prepared to let the case begin until Mr Codrington has a lawyer.He adjourned the matter until the next arraignments session.Meanwhile, a number of defendants who are awaiting sentencing could not have dates set as their pre-sentence reports were not ready. The first was Paul Boorman, a former probationary police officer who has admitted accessing scores of child pornography pictures and videos.The second was Michael Wade, who was convicted last month of causing grievous bodily harm to a man by throwing boiling water over him.The third was Shannon Forth, who has admitted importing $1.4 million of heroin into Bermuda.The judge told all three men to return to court for the next arraignments session in the hope of fixing their sentence dates then.