ARIZONA APPELLATE PROJECT REDUCING THE TIME AND COST OF THE APPELLATE PROCESS, REPORT

• NCJ Number: 40221
• Author(s): E M JACOBSON; M M SCHROEDER; W P DIXON
• Date Published: 1976
• Length: 30 pages
• Grant Number(s): 75-DF-99-0011
• Sponsoring Agency: US Dept of Justice
• Corporate Author: National Ctr for State Courts; Arizona Advisory Cmtte
• Sale Source: National Institute of Justice/
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

OUTCOME OF AN EXPERIMENT TO STUDY WHETHER AN APPELLATE COURT CAN DECIDE CASES QUICKLY AND FAIRLY WITH A FULL ORAL PRESENTATION BY COUNSEL AND ONLY SKELETAL WRITTEN MATERIALS BUT, PRINCIPALLY, WITHOUT USING A TRANSCRIPT.

Abstract

THE REPORT EXPLAINS THE PURPOSE FOR UNDERTAKING THE EXPERIMENT, THE METHODOLOGY USED, THE RESULTANT FINDINGS, CONCLUSIONS, AND SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER STUDY. THE MAJOR FINDINGS OF THE EXPERIMENT REFLECT THAT PANELS SIMULATING AN APPELLATE COURT WERE ABLE TO DECIDE A MAJORITY OF CASES WITH EXTENDED ORAL ARGUMENT, AN ABBREVIATED RECORD, AND ONLY LIMITED MEMORANDA OF STAFF AND COUNSEL. THE EXPERIMENT ALSO REVEALED THAT THE PARTICIPANTS PERCEIVED THE GREATEST DISADVANTAGE IN SUCH A PROCEDURE TO BE LACK OF TRANSCRIPT. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT)...KAP