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Lawyers-- question for you- or anyone else that might know
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justthe4ofus
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Lawyers-- question for you- or anyone else that might know
If you have been arrested and charged with a crime, a trial date has been set how many times can a case be continued or adjourned before they must proceed with it??? A year?
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Posted 5/1/08 7:14 PM  |
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Lucky09
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Re: Lawyers-- question for you- or anyone else that might know
I didn't think there was a limit... I know 1 case where the person waited 9 years for trial / sentencing! 
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| Posted 5/1/08 7:18 PM |
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KateDevine
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Re: Lawyers-- question for you- or anyone else that might know
I am not sure that this applies to criminal cases, but I know that in Supreme Court they assign a date that is the "Standards and Goals" date and the case SHOULD be completed by that date.
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| Posted 5/1/08 7:57 PM |
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mrsej
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Re: Lawyers-- question for you- or anyone else that might know
It depends if it is a misdemeanor or felony. If it is a felony the ADA has 180 days to take the case to trila- not consecutive 180 days. For example, the ADA comes in and says "The people aren't ready today, we request 2 weeks." 14 days are charged to them, even if the judge puts the case over for 2 months. So you keep adding those days up that the People are not ready and when it reaches over 180 days, the case gets dismissed. Typically, the Judge really can't do anything if the people haven't stated not ready for more than 180 days. For misdemeanors, if it is an A misdemanor, it is 90 days, and B misdemeanor it is 60 days. I don't know if this makes sense!
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| Posted 5/2/08 11:26 AM |
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