Howlet v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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1 state decisions

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1. “"No motion for new trial or motion in arrest of judgment shall remain pending in the trial court for more than sixty (60) days after the pronouncement of sentence, except as provided in this section. A failure by the trial court to rule on such a motion within the sixty (60) days allowed by this section shall constitute a denial of the motion as of the sixtieth day; provided, however, that with the express consent of the prosecutor and the defendant or the defendant's attorney, which consent shall appear in the record, the motion may be carried past the sixtieth day to a date certain; if not ruled upon by the trial court as of the date to which the motion is continued, the motion is deemed denied as of that date, unless it has been continued again as provided in this section. The motion may be continued from time to time as provided in this section."”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Ex Parte Howlet

2. “"UPON the Defendant's Motion to enlarge the time for ruling on his Motion for a New Trial and a continuance for the hearing of said motion and the court being of the opinion said motion should be granted, it is hereby ORDERED, ADJUDGED and DECREED as follows: "The Motion for a New Trial in the above case is continued until a date 14 days after the completion and delivery of the trial transcript and the time for ruling on the defendant's Motion is enlarged to include the date of the hearing on the motion and 7 days therefrom."”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Ex Parte Howlet

3. “"We hold that to comply with Rule 24.4, the date specified must be a definite, fixed date, which is either stated in the order or capable of being calculated when the order is issued. Here, the date, '14 days after completion and delivery of the trial transcript' was not a `date certain' because it could not be calculated when the order was issued."”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Ex Parte Howlet