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NC Office of Indigent Defense Services—July 2012
NCSEP System Performance Measures Reference Guide
Rationale: Prolonged litigation and repeated court appearances can negatively impact the client, especially when they are incarcerated. The timely resolution of a case clears docket space for indigent defense, the prosecution, and the judiciary. The speedy resolution of cases prevents undue and oppressive pretrial incarceration, minimizes the anxiety and concern accompanying public accusation, and limits the possibility that long delays will impair the ability of the accused to defend themselves.
Performance Measures/ Indicators: # of continuances per case and type of hearing by requesting party % of continuance requests granted and denied by requesting party % of cases with speedy trial motions as a ratio to the length of pretrial incarceration % of cases resolved within X days by type of case # of days between arrest and indictment # of days between indictment and resolution of case
Goal: Best Possible Outcomes for Clients
Objective: Cases Are Resolved in a Time Frame Least Harmful to the Client
“For every defendant who has lost his job because of a conviction, there are probably five more who have lost their jobs as a result of simply having missed work in order to appear in court.” Malcolm M. Feeley, The Process is the Punishment: Handling Cases In a Lower Criminal Court (1979) 38
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| Title | The challenge : evaluating indigent defense : North Carolina systems evaluation project performance measures guide - Page 46 |
| Full Text | NC Office of Indigent Defense Services—July 2012 NCSEP System Performance Measures Reference Guide Rationale: Prolonged litigation and repeated court appearances can negatively impact the client, especially when they are incarcerated. The timely resolution of a case clears docket space for indigent defense, the prosecution, and the judiciary. The speedy resolution of cases prevents undue and oppressive pretrial incarceration, minimizes the anxiety and concern accompanying public accusation, and limits the possibility that long delays will impair the ability of the accused to defend themselves. Performance Measures/ Indicators: # of continuances per case and type of hearing by requesting party % of continuance requests granted and denied by requesting party % of cases with speedy trial motions as a ratio to the length of pretrial incarceration % of cases resolved within X days by type of case # of days between arrest and indictment # of days between indictment and resolution of case Goal: Best Possible Outcomes for Clients Objective: Cases Are Resolved in a Time Frame Least Harmful to the Client “For every defendant who has lost his job because of a conviction, there are probably five more who have lost their jobs as a result of simply having missed work in order to appear in court.” Malcolm M. Feeley, The Process is the Punishment: Handling Cases In a Lower Criminal Court (1979) 38 |
