When some types of misdemeanor cases are assigned to general calendars, they are virtually overlooked as minor or trivial. Assigning them to a single calendar raises their visibility and increases the awareness of the judge handling them of the social circumstances out of which they arise. These sorts of courts are often referred to as “problem solving” courts because they attempt to stop the revolving door of criminal court involvement of the defendants who appear in them. has centralized the handling of special writ proceedings involving cases such as DNA cases, battered women syndrome cases, and parole denials. For more information contact Research Attorney Karin Borzakian at . has created a separate calendar for mental health cases. All requests for mental competency determinations under Penal Code Section 1368 are handled in this court. A representative of the mental health department attends all sessions of the special mental health calendar. For more information contact Sharry Shumaker at . has established drug, homeless, and community courts. For more information contact Mark Urry at . has begun a homeless court. For more information contact Roberta Stibbard at . Setting case processing goals and using court data to monitor compliance with them Courts making an effort to improve their case processing find it helpful to set clear goals not only for the overall time required to dispose of a case, but also for intermediate stages of case processing as well. Examples of such intermediate stage measures appear in Chapter 6. The California Judicial Council has promulgated case processing standards that “establish goals for all cases filed, [but] are not meant to create deadlines for individual cases. Through its case management practices, a court may achieve or exceed the goals for the overall
When some types of misdemeanor cases are assigned to general calendars, they are virtually overlooked as minor or trivial. Assigning them to a single calendar raises their visibility and increases the awareness of the judge handling them of the social circumstances out of which they arise. These sorts of courts are often referred to as “problem solving” courts because they attempt to stop the revolving door of criminal court involvement of the defendants who appear in them. has centralized the handling of special writ proceedings involving cases such as DNA cases, battered women syndrome cases, and parole denials. For more information contact Research Attorney Karin Borzakian at . has created a separate calendar for mental health cases. All requests for mental competency determinations under Penal Code Section 1368 are handled in this court. A representative of the mental health department attends all sessions of the special mental health calendar. For more information contact Sharry Shumaker at . has established drug, homeless, and community courts. For more information contact Mark Urry at . has begun a homeless court. For more information contact Roberta Stibbard at . Setting case processing goals and using court data to monitor compliance with them Courts making an effort to improve their case processing find it helpful to set clear goals not only for the overall time required to dispose of a case, but also for intermediate stages of case processing as well. Examples of such intermediate stage measures appear in Chapter 6. The California Judicial Council has promulgated case processing standards that “establish goals for all cases filed, [but] are not meant to create deadlines for individual cases. Through its case management practices, a court may achieve or exceed the goals for the overall
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