State v. Cook’s Empirical Analysis

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2 state decisions

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1. “that placing a case on the move list is not intended to be a postponement or change of date, but the equivalent of continuing the case in a “ready to try” status on a day-to-day basis. In the case sub judice, when it became apparent that keeping the case on the move list would not result in a trial within the 180-day limit (because one of the defense attorneys was engaged in another, lengthy trial), the State’s Attorney should have referred the matter back to the administrative judge for a “good cause” postponement that would take the case beyond 180 days without violating the statute and rule.”

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

2. “The case was originally set for trial well within 180 days from the first appearance in court of the defendants. That was in compliance with the statute and the rule. The postponements that resulted in eventually setting the trial for 6 July 1989 (the 167th day) did no violence to the rule. But when, without postponing the case again for good cause, the court permitted it to languish on the move list beyond the 180th day, the statute and the rule were violated, and dismissal of the charges against appellees was the proper sanction for that violation.”

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

3. “[i]f there is a postponement by the county administrative judge or designee, for good cause, that results in the case being set for trial beyond the 180-day limit, the statute and the rule are not violated; if there is no postponement meeting those criteria, setting a trial date beyond the 180-day limit constitutes a violation of the statute and rule, for which dismissal is the appropriate remedy.”

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