In Re Certification for Additional Judges’s Empirical Analysis
2005
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cited by 4 later decisions
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July 2006
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Relies on Anders v. California · 889 So. 2d 734 - In Re Cert. of Need for Additional Judges
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“the Commission developed a process for establishing relative case weights. This process measures judicial effort associated with any given caseload. Relative weights were established only for those cases disposed of by a judge "on the merits," and not cases dismissed by the clerk of court or otherwise administratively disposed of. The Commission first established categories of similar cases and ranked them to identify a mid-ranked case. Then, judges from each district were asked to approximate the relative weight of each case category in relation to the mid-ranked case, identified as an appeal from a criminal judgment and sentence. Relative weights were then assigned to each type of case, ranging from an appeal from a final judgment in a civil case to a criminal appeal in a case disposed of pursuant to Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738 , 87 S.Ct. 1396 , 18 L.Ed.2d 493 (1967). These weights were then applied to each court's dispositions on the merits to determine the weighted caseload value.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“[T]he Commission found that many of the criteria in rule 2.035(b)(2) are not accurate measures or reliable predictors of judicial workload. In fact, factors such as population growth and an increase in the number of circuit court judges did not correlate with an increase in appellate workload. In the place of the prior criteria, the Commission formulated new criteria grouped into four categories: workload, efficiency in case disposition, judicial effectiveness in deciding cases and performing administrative duties, and judicial professionalism in enhancing the quality of the courts, the legal profession, and the justice system as a whole.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“[t]he weighted caseload is a more accurate representation of judicial workload in that it addresses differences in the amount of judicial time that must be spent on each type of case. Relative case weights are useful in many ways. First, they demonstrate how a court's judicial workload has increased or decreased over time. Second, they allow a comparative assessment of the distribution of judicial workload between districts. Lastly, they contribute to an analysis of how the use of other nonjudicial resources can affect judicial workload.”
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