State of the Judiciary and 1994 Annual Report of the South Dakota Unified Judicial System

• NCJ Number: 155674
• Date Published: 1995
• Length: 50 pages
• Corporate Author: South Dakota State Court Administrator's Office
• Sale Source: National Institute of Justice/; South Dakota State Court Administrator's Office; NCJRS Photocopy Services
• Publication Type: Report (Annual/Periodic)
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

This report contains the State of the South Dakota Judiciary, delivered by the Chief Justice of the State Supreme Court to the Governor, State Legislator, and Constitutional Officers.

Abstract

The address discusses the work of the State Supreme Court and the Circuit Court, court services, court technology, judicial education and training, relationships of the judiciary with other governmental branches, finances, and the judiciary's strategic planning. The bulk of the document contains the 1994 annual report of the South Dakota Unified Judicial System, which presents a functional summary of the State judiciary, and overviews of the activities of the State Supreme Court and Circuit Court. The report also describes judicial staffing for the two courts, and presents statistics on fees, fines, and finances; civil caseload; court service caseload; and criminal caseload.