NCJ Number
149781
Date Published
1993
Length
35 pages
Annotation
Based on information received from speakers at three meetings of the North Carolina Legislative Research Commission's Criminal Case Disposition Study Committee, this report presents findings and recommendations on the broad problems of criminal case disposition, with a focus on the calendaring of criminal cases.
Abstract
The Committee has considered the information and suggestions presented to it by the speakers and by the Committee members themselves. The Committee has identified a number of issues that require additional study. Committee members agreed that North Carolina is one of the few States that still has rotation of judges and acknowledged that there are both advantages and disadvantages to this practice. Other issues discussed were how to make better use of arraignment, the allocation and use of resources in criminal case management, the fair and efficient use of guilty pleas, and how well the Federal system of criminal case management would work at the State level. The Committee concluded that although many of the recommendations made to the Committee have merit, there was insufficient time to consider them fully and analyze any possible constitutional, practical, and fiscal issues that may be raised by the recommendations. Consequently, the only recommendation offered by the Committee is that legislation be passed by the 1993 General Assembly to establish the Criminal Case Disposition Study Commission, which will examine the issues and make a final report to the General Assembly by January 15, 1995.