Judicial Council of California, 1 - 1982 Judicial Council Report to the Governor and the Legislature, 2 - Annual Report of the Administrative Office of the California Courts

• NCJ Number: 83990
• Editor(s): P J Clark
• Date Published: 1982
• Length: 255 pages
• Corporate Author: California Judicial Council
• Sale Source: National Institute of Justice/
• Publication Type: Report (Annual/Periodic)
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

The report covers the determinate sentencing law is impact, discusses court caseloads, and presents statistics on the supreme court, courts of appeal, superior courts, and municipal courts.

Abstract

The Administrative Office of the Court reorganized and presented four management workshops for judges and court personnel. The Chief Justice's Special Committee on the Courts and the Media continued to monitor the experimental rules allowing television, radio, and still camera coverage of court proceedings. The Judicial Council prepared 39 statistical reports on the judgeship needs of courts seeking additional judgeships. The Court Management Services Unit provided technical assistance in court management to more than 50 justice, municipal, and superior courts. California courts reported a total of 21,825 cases placed on the arbitration hearing list, and the Administrative Office was advised of 30 felony and 4 misdemeanor cases in which a change of venue motion was granted in 1981.