Cuzzort v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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19 state decisions

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1. “3.1 Method of Assignment. In multi-judge circuits, unless a majority of the judges in a circuit elect to adopt a different system, all actions, civil and criminal, shall be assigned by the clerk of each superior court according to a plan approved by such judges to the end that each judge is allocated an equal number of cases.”

   4 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Culliver v. State · Strozier v. State

2. “In Cuzzort, our Supreme Court explained further: The purpose of the assignment system in multi-judge circuits is to “prevent any person’s choosing the judge to whom an action is to be assigned.” USCR 3.1. ... In the Lookout Mountain Judicial Circuit, however, it is not the chief or other circuit judge who makes case assignments and sets the calendar but the district attorney. Because the district attorney is clearly within the category of persons directed to refrain from affecting case assignments under USCR 3.1, we find the method of case assignment employed in the Lookout Mountain Judicial Circuit violates the clear mandate of that rule.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Strozier v. State