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:/3 North Carolina State Library Raleigh THE JUDICIAL DEPARTMENT STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA DEC 2 1976 ANNUAL REPORT OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE OF THE COURTS 1975 THE JUDICIAL DEPARTMENT STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA ANNUAL REPORT of the ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE OF THE COURTS 1975 ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE OF THE COURTS JUSTICE BUILDING RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA BERT M. MONTAGUE FRANKLIN E. FREEMAN, JR. Director Assistant Director To The Honorable, The Chief Justice of The Supreme Court of North Carolina Submitted herewith is the Tenth Annual Report of the Admin-istrative Officer of the Courts. This Report, prepared pursuant to G.S. 7A-343, relates to the 1975 calendar year. BERT M. MONTAGUE Director Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2012 with funding from LYRASIS Members and Sloan Foundation http://archive.org/details/annualreportofad1975nort CONTENTS Foreword iii Map of North Carolina Judicial Divisions and Districts iv The Appellate Division 1 The Supreme Court 1 The Court of Appeals 2 The Superior Court Division 3 Total Cases Added and Disposed of in the Superior Court 3 Total Cases Pending in the Superior Court 4 Utilization of Scheduled Court 4 Superior Court Civil Dockets 5 Civil Cases Added and Disposed of in the Superior Court 6 Civil Cases Pending in the Superior Court 6 Distribution of Pending Civil Cases among the Counties .. 7 Ten Counties with Largest Civil Dockets 7 Civil Cases Pending, Added, and Disposed of in the Superior Court 8 Utilization of Civil Superior Court Terms 15 Superior Court Criminal Dockets 19 Criminal Cases Added and Disposed of in the Superior Court 21 Criminal Cases Pending in the Superior Court 21 Distribution of Pending Criminal Cases among the Counties 22 Ten Counties with Largest Criminal Dockets 22 Ten Counties with Greatest Proportion of Cases Pending in Relation to Dispositions 23 Percent of Cases Tried in the District Court Which Were Appealed to the Superior Court for Trial De Novo 23 Percent of Superior Court Findings Which are Cases Appealed from the District Court for Trial De Novo 23 Criminal Cases Pending, Added, and Disposed of in the Superior Court 24 Utilization of Criminal Superior Court Terms 31 Estates and Special Proceedings Pending, Added and Disposed of before the Clerk of Superior Court 35 The District Court Division 42 i District Court Civil Dockets 42 Civil Cases Added and Disposed of in the District Court 44 Civil Cases Pending in the District Court 44 Distribution of Pending Civil Cases among the Counties 45 Ten Counties with Largest Civil Dockets 45 Civil Cases Pending, Added, and Disposed of in the District Court 46 District Court Criminal Dockets 54 Criminal Cases Added and Disposed of in the District Court 55 Criminal Cases Pending in the District Court 55 Distribution of Pending Criminal Cases among the Counties 56 Ten Counties with Largest Criminal Dockets 56 Criminal Cases Pending, Added, and Disposed of in the District Court 57 Offenses and Conditions Alleged in Juvenile Petitions and Number of Children Before Court for First Time 65 Juvenile Proceedings—Adj udicatory Hearings in the District Court 72 District Court Activity in Motor Vehicle and Small Claim Cases 79 Days of Court Held at Each Seat of the District Court 84 Fiscal Operations « 89 Amounts of Fees, Fines and Forfeitures Collected and Distributed 90 Representation of Indigents 94 Assigned Counsel — Criminal Cases 96 Special Counsel Representation of the Indigent Mentally 111 and Inebriate 100 Tables The Judicial Council 101 Superior Court Judges 102 District Court Judges 103 District Attorneys and Assistants 106 Public Defenders and Assistants 109 Special Counsel at Mental Institutions 109 Clerks of the Superior Court 109 ii FOREWORD The court reorganization movement in North Carolina began in mid nineteen-fifties and culminated in the adoption of consti-tutional amendments in 1962 and 1965 and the enactment of the "Judicial Department Act of 1965." The year 1975 marks the fifth year during which all divisions of the General Court of Justice have operated in each of the State's 100 counties. The Judicial Department consists of an Appellate Division composed of the Supreme Court and the Court of Appeals (which has been fully operational since 1968), a Superior Court Division and a District Court Division. The system is unified for purposes of jurisdic-tion, operation and administration. All of the officers and per-sonnel of the Judicial Department are employees of the State. There are now 7 justices of the Supreme Court, 9 judges of the Court of Appeals, 55 full-time Superior Court judges, 126 District Court judges, 31 district attorneys and 134 assistant district attorneys, 5 public defenders and 25 assistant public defenders (serving in the 12th, 18th, 26th, 27th and 28th judicial districts), 100 clerks of the superior court, approximately 540 magistrates, approximately 230 juvenile counselors, 76 court reporters and approximately 1,300 supporting personnel (primarily assistants, deputies, secretarial and clerical personnel in the offices of clerks of the superior court) . The Administrative Officer of the Courts is required to "sub-mit an annual report on the work of the Judicial Department" to the Chief Justice and the members of the General Assembly. This Annual Report is based upon data supplied by the clerks of the superior court on a monthly and quarterly basis. The data contained herein can most appropriately be used in making year-to- year comparisons for the entire system and in comparing the performance of different counties and judicial districts. The data is also the beginning point for independent analysis of the per-formance of the courts of each county and judicial district. Although caution should be used in generalizing about the per-formance of the entire General Court of Justice, this report does evaluate the status of the criminal and civil dockets of the Superior and District Court divisions. These evaluations are carefully grounded on the available data base, but they derive from quantitative rather than qualitative data and are based upon totals for groups of counties rather than a thoroughgoing analysis of each county. Although there are a number of statistical indicators that may be used in evaluating court performance, there is no single baro-meter that gives a weighted average of all factors. The more iii obvious factors to weigh in making year-to-year comparisons and relative ranking between counties and judicial districts are filings, dispositions, and the number of cases pending at the end of the year. Other useful measures are the pending ratios (the relation that the number of cases pending at year's end bears to the number of cases disposed of during the year) and the rate of disposition (the percentage of the year's filings which were disposed of during the year) . Low pending ratios and high rates of disposition are positive measures. The statistics contained herein are case flow statistics and none are "backlog" or "delay" statistics. This report uses "cases pending" as one unit of analysis, but the term "backlog" will not be found herein and it is inaccurate to apply that term to the cases which are properly described as "pending." A case which is pending may be two days or two years old. "Backlog" may be tentatively defined as those cases which have been pending dis-position longer than an agreed upon standard of time for the average case of the same type in the same court. A "delayed" case would be any case which exceeded the agreed upon standard time-frame and such cases could also be described as "back-logged." Even if an agreed upon standard time-frame with sup-porting data was available, such data could only properly be used (as is the case with the data which is available) as a starting point for analysis. In any case, the Administrative Office does not now routinely collect data on the length of time required for the disposition of particular cases. Whatever the unit of analysis, whether "cases pending," "de-layed cases," or "pending ratios," a number of questions must be asked once the raw data is available. At what point in time is the data stated? Cases pending, for example, are stated as of December 31, 1975; are they generally higher during a holiday season? What effect do the customs and practics of the local bar have upon courtroom and trial delays? What are the policies of the court, the bar, and district attorneys with respect to con-tinuances? Is there a well thought out system for the calendar-ing of cases? Are pre-trial release procedures working effec-tively? Is the waiver procedure for motor vehicle cases fully utilized? Are continuances caused by court congestion or are they sought after by the parties? What effect do sentencing prac-tices have upon the rate of criminal appeals between the District and Superior Courts? How much court was held in the district and how often? (In some counties there are no more than two weeks of Superior Court each year.) What are the geographical dimensions of the judicial district? Are seats of court distant from one another, requiring a great deal of travel time by court officials? Are there sufficient courtrooms available when needed? Are the courtrooms located and designed so as to permit efficient iv dispatch of the court's business? How many cases counted as "pending" are essentially "dead" cases and will ultimately be nol prossed or dismissed? (It may in fact be customary strategy to file a civil action knowing at the time that the case will never be tried; similarly, it may be a good strategy for the district attorney not to nol pros a case, although knowing that it will likely not be tried.) What is the extent of plea bargaining in the district? What is the settlement rate in the district? Has there been any illness among court officials? Are there adequate inves-tigatory resources? Are law enforcement and expert witnesses available when needed? The above list is not exhaustive but is illustrative of the types of questions that must be explored in analyzing the statistical data for each county and district. The purpose of this foreword has not been to denigrate the statistical data report herein, but to stress the subtlety and complexity of the variables which they reflect. All quantitative data must be read with care and this is especially true of court statistics. Too great a reliance on numbers alone give credence to the concept of "mass justice." Court officials know that justice is administered to individuals. As this report is being prepared, action is underway to revise the system of data reporting by the clerks of superior court to the Administrative Office of the Courts. The system contem-plated will provide more concrete data on actual case backlogs and on the time that cases are pending in the trial courts. The revised system will not be in effect for a sufficient period of time in 1976 to be fully reflected in the annual report for that year. However, an improved system of data reporting should be evi-dent in the annual report on calendar year 1977. October 1976 HI I I 53 5 1-2 <5 ft P <$ 3 § u ffi 13 O ^ bo f> & a) a> o TJ > sg M u CO § 2 , aj 1 T3 DO a 15 u CO a>*d «fc3 •§ 3Q O f THE APPELLATE DIVISION THE SUPREME COURT One hundred and thirty-six opinions were filed by the Supreme Court in 1975. Of the total, 56 were civil and 80 were criminal cases. Sixty-two percent (35 opinions) of the civil appeals were affirmed and 72 percent (58 opinions) of the criminal appeals were affirmed. In the remaining cases, the Supreme Court modi-fied the decision from which the appeal was taken. As reported in the North Carolina Reports, the court disposed of 274 peti-tions for certiorari, 12 motions to dismiss, 7 motions to rehear. JUSTICES OF THE SUPREME COURT Chief Justice Susie Sharp Associate Justices I. Beverly Lake Dan. K. Moore Joseph W. Branch J. William Copeland J. Frank Huskins James G. Exum, Jr. Emergency Justices William B. Rodman, Jr. J. Will Pless, Jr. William H. Bobbitt, C.J. Carlisle W. Higgins THE COURT OF APPEALS Eight hundred and twenty-nine opinions were filed by the Court of Appeals in 1975. Of these 829 opinions, 443 were crim-inal cases and 386 were civil cases. The court determined and disposed of 1,002 motions and petitions in 1975. JUDGES OF THE COURT OF APPEALS Chief Judge Walter E. Brock Associate Judges David M. Britt Naomi E. Morris Frank M. Parker Robert A. Hedrick Earl W. Vaughn Robert M. Martin Edward B. Clark Gerald Arnold Emergency Judges Raymond B. Mallard Hugh B. Campbell THE SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION The performance of the superior court division of the General Court of Justice is adequately summarized in the sections on civil and criminal dockets which follow. Only a few items deserve highlighting in terms of the combined civil and criminal dockets. Total filings increased by 13.6% and dispositions increased by 15.5%. The number of cases pending at the end of the year increased by 8.9%. The number of days of court scheduled increased from 9,846 to 11,525, an increase of 17%, but the number of days actually held increased by 1,380 days (17.8%) from 7,763 to 9,143. For all 100 counties, the percentage of court utilization rose from 78.8% to 79.3%. The pending ratio for the civil division of 165.0 is greater than for last year, indicating that it would require approximately one year and eight months for the court to dispose of all civil cases pending. The comparable figure for the criminal division is approximately four months, down from four and one-half months in 1974. The Clerk of the Superior Court has significant jurisdiction in the administration of estates and special proceedings. TOTAL CASES ADDED AND DISPOSED OF IN THE SUPERIOR COURT January 1, 1970 - December 31, 1975 Added wmmnmmsm Disposed of Y////////////////XZ&?, 1/1/70-12/31/70 ill iiih wiiii 50,590 48,259 1/1/71-12/31/71 WMMMA 47,389 47,214 1/1/72 - 12/31/72 W//////////////7777X 48,542 51,395 1/1/73 - 12/31/73 '///////////////////MM 50,849 52,533 1/1/74 - 12/31/74 Y//fflM/M//ffl/MfflM. 56,693 53.458 1/1/75 - 12/31/75 (in thousands) 40 s''«o «'. 64,424 61,773 TOTAL CASES PENDING IN THE SUPERIOR COURT December 31, 1970 - December 31, 1975 12/31/70 ran^OHBHH 30,971 12/31/71 "»™» ihimiii 31,146 12/31/72 MfflMWi 28,293 12/31/73 OHHB 26,609 12/31/74 UMllliBiMi— 29,844 12/31/75 Mii^iii/mmBi 32,495 (in thousands) 25 30 35 UTILIZATION OF SCHEDULED COURT January 1, 1970 - December 31, 1975 Days Scheduled Days Held Percentage 1/1/70 - 12/31/70 8,9401/2 7,178% 80.3 1/1/71 12/31/71 8,792 7,266% 82.6 1/1/72 - 12/31/72 9,170 7,496 81.7 1/1/73 - 12/31/73 9,542% 7,716 80.9 1/1/74 12/31/74 9,846 7,763i/2 78.8 1/1/75 - 12/31/75 11,525 9,143 79.3 SUPERIOR COURT CIVIL DOCKETS As has been indicated in this space in recent years, there continues to be room for much improvement in the civil division of the superior court. This year, a favorable increase in disposi-tions of 5.2% is overshadowed by a large increase in filings of 8.5%. The number of cases pending at the end of the year increased by 12.7%. For the third time in the last nine years, the number of cases filed has exceeded the number of cases disposed of and the num-ber of cases pending at the end of the year has shown an increase from the prior year. The relation, in percentage terms, of dispo-sitions to filings has changed from 87.1% in 1974 to 84.4% in 1975, As has always been the case, the pending ratio for this division is higher than for any other division of the General Court of .Justice. The pending ratio for this year (165.0) is greater than for last year (154.3). This ratio indicates that it would require approximately one year and eight months for the superior courts to dispose of all civil cases pending. There was a substantial increase in the number of days of civil court held this year, from 2,673 to 3,160. The percentage of court utilization was little changed, decreasing from 73.9% to 73.1%. Among all 100 counties, the 10 counties with the largest civil dockets accounted for 55.3% of the total pending cases. Sixty-seven counties had 100 or fewer cases pending and only six counties had more than 500 pending. CIVIL CASES ADDED AND DISPOSED OF IN THE SUPERIOR COURT January 1, 1970 - December 31, 1975 Added mmmmaamm Disposed of Tzzzmsmzmz 1/1/70 - 12/31/70 mammmm^mtmmmmm 13,589 wmzzEmBsmzszmmsszBZMm^ 15,535 1/1/71 - 12/31/71 mmmmmmmm 8,251 vzzmzzzzzzzz^MSZZSSZZzzm 10,064 1/1/72 - 12/31/72 m—mmm—m 8,249 WZZZZ2ZZZZZZZZ2ZZZZZZ2ZZm 8,871 1/1/73 - 12/31/73 wm^mammmm 8,490 7ZZZZZZZZZZZ2ZZZ2ZZZZZ. 7,897 1/1/74 - 12/31/74 HHHnnM 10,065 w/m/////////////////////////////m 8,758 1/1/75 - 12/31/75 mmmm^mmmmmm 10,919 TzmMzzzzzzzzzzzszzszzzzzzzzzm 9,222 (in thousands) 5 10 15 CIVIL CASES PENDING IN THE SUPERIOR COURT December 31, 1970 - December 31, 1975 12/31/70 wam—m 14,052 12/31/71 Hi 12,239 12/31/72 wm 11,617 12/31/73 Mi 12,210 12/31/74 wmmmm 13.517 12/31/75 HHHH 15,214 i X 1 (in thousands) 10 15 20 6 DISTRIBUTION OF PENDING CIVIL CASES AMONG THE COUNTIES Number of Cases Number of Counties 1974 1975 Less than 50 50-100 101-200 201-500 Over 500 42 25 21 7 5 37 30 18 9 6 TEN COUNTIES WITH LARGEST CIVIL DOCKETS PENDING AT YEAR END County Pending 1-1-75 Added Disposed of Pending 12-31-75 Relation (%) of Dispositions to Filings Mecklenburg 2,071 1,433 783 2,721 54.6 Wake 1,221 1,052 800 1,473 76.0 Guilford 879 819 673 1,025 82.2 Forsyth 578 635 581 632 91.5 Buncombe 487 424 314 597 74.1 Durham 647 390 444 593 113.8 Henderson 317 129 63 383 48.8 Gaston 411 296 338 369 114.2 Cumberland 313 255 228 340 89.4 Orange 248 99 60 287 60.6 State Mean 135 109 92 152 84.4 All counties above were listed in this table in the 1974 Annual Report. <N I> rH <N CO CO © I5 o 05 o2w & ta ffi H O Q Hmo 0- ft O PQ I! 00 I 3 I C5 f 1 ; l II I++ o , ^SSSSSRS lOOOOJOrHCOOilO C<J t-l t}< r-1 lO © ft ©©c^ioiocooon 2 ,-) <N CO © IC© 00O3©CO©C0 rH tH lO © © O* CO © <<* iH © & m^H(N^» + 1 1+1 + <N<NC0'<t U5 r-<C0 CO© thco©coic Oi <N t-4 cOfcoH^e? 03 CO tHQO c-©t>»H© m ©TfllO«©©llOO© CO CO »-l © tH 00 3«o*co©© ^r co »hoo l+l I eo <ncoo4 Tf to Tf ©C0T*t» oo co th ©© ©©C<II>^ I0l0»-I00i-I CM C0©©<N<2 <N© t>© o^tH^mooj t-©i-H©< sH 0- W #5r ©WUOlClOi-^iH Tt< CO © ^H ^ <N CO - 11 C3J3 pi « « rt a>0 © t- b- r-l i-l 051 b» OJ O3IC0 ©COTfl tJ<©0*< 2 g.S ! 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I21/2 121/2 50.0 TOTAL 77 38 39 49.4 7TH DISTRICT Edgecombe 30 13 17 43.3 Nash 65 371/2 271/ 57.7 Wilson 45 23 22 51.1 TOTAL 140 731/2 66V2 52.5 15 8TH DISTRICT Days Scheduled Days Held Days Unused % Used Greene Lenoir Wayne TOTAL 10 30 50 90 41/2 27 44% 76 51/2 3 51/2 14 45.0 90.0 89.0 84.4 9TH DISTRICT Franklin Granville Person Vance Warren TOTAL 20 20 20 20 15 95 16 12V2 9 11 71/2 56 4 71/2 11 9 71/2 39 80.0 61.0 45.0 55.0 50.0 59.0 10TH DISTRICT Wake 300 241 59 80.3 11TH DISTRICT Harnett Johnston Lee TOTAL 45 55 20 120 371/2 40 17 941/2 71/2 15 3 251/2 83.3 72.7 85.0 78.8 12TH DISTRICT Cumberland Hoke TOTAL 75 5 80 48i/ 2 2 501/2 26i/ 2 3 29i/2 64.7 40.0 63.1 13TH DISTRICT Bladen Brunswick Columbus TOTAL 20 25 35 80 19 17 251/2 6IV2 1 8 9i/ 2 I8I/2 95.0 68.0 72.9 76.9 14TH DISTRICT Durham 135 1121/2 221/2 83.3 15TH DISTRICT Alamance Chatham Orange TOTAL 60 15 40 115 501/2 61/2 29 86 91/2 8V2 11 29 84.2 43.3 72.5 74.8 16TH DISTRICT Robeson Scotland TOTAL 35 15 50 24 41/2 28i/2 11 IOV2 211/2 68.6 30.0 57.0 17TH DISTRICT Caswell Rockingham Stokes Surry TOTAL 18 55 5 40 118 91/2 32 25i/ 2 71 8i/ 2 23 1 141/2 47 52.8 58.2 80.0 63.8 60.2 16 18TH DISTRICT Guilford 19TH DISTRICT Cabarrus Montgomery Randolph Rowan TOTAL 20TH DISTRICT Anson Moore Richmond Stanly Union TOTAL 21ST DISTRICT Forsyth 22ND DISTRICT Days Scheduled Days Held 280 203 50 2314 75 55 70 48 195 126i/ 2 15 12 45 3iy2 35 17 15 13% 40 28 150 102 200 173 Days Unused % Used 77 72.5 26y2 47.0 20 73.3 22 68.6 68i/ 2 64.9 3 80.0 131/2 70.0 18 48.6 1% 90.0 12 70.0 48 68.0 27 86.5 Alexander 12 71/2 41/2 62.5 Davidson 70 48 22 68.6 Davie 12 8 4 66.7 Iredell 50 31 19 62.0 TOTAL 144 94i/ 2 491/2 65.6 23RD DISTRICT Alleghany 10 5 5 50.0 Ashe 2 2 100.0 WUkes 45 35i/2 91/2 78.9 Yadkin 25 171/2 71/2 70.0 TOTAL 82 60 22 73.2 24TH DISTRICT Avery 10 6 4 60.0 Madison 50 351/2 141/2 71.0 Mitchell 10 9 1 90.0 Watauga 12 11 1 91.7 Yancey 10 3 7 30.0 TOTAL 92 64i/ 2 271/2 70.1 25TH DISTRICT Burke 55 411/2 13i/ 2 75.5 Caldwell 40 27 13 67.5 Catawba 50 371/2 121/2 75.0 TOTAL 145 106 39 73.1 26TH DISTRICT Mecklenburg 27TH DISTRICT Cleveland Gaston Lincoln TOTAL 487V2 425 62i/ 2 87.2 45 31% 13i/2 70.0 105 86 19 81.9 15 61/2 8i/ 2 43.3 165 124 41 75.2 17 28TH DISTRICT Buncombe 29TH DISTRICT Henderson McDowell Polk Rutherford Transylvania TOTAL 30TH DISTRICT Cherokee Clay Graham Haywood Jackson Macon Swain TOTAL GRAND TOTAL 4,324i/ 2 3,160 l,164i/2 73.1 Days Scheduled Days Held Days Unused % Used 220 165 55 75.0 35 21 14 60.0 20 15 5 75.0 5 3 2 60.0 35 34 1 97.1 20 I5y2 4i/ 2 77.5 115 88i/ 2 26% 77.0 10 10V2 105.0 7 5 2 71.4 15 13 2 86.7 30 27 3 90.0 35 25 10 71.4 21 12 9 57.1 14 11 3 78.6 132 1031/2 281/2 78.4 18 SUPERIOR COURT CRIMINAL DOCKETS Filings increased in 1975 by 6,877 cases (14.7%) over the previous year. Dispositions increased by 17.6%. Because of the substantially improved rate of dispositions, as compared with the previous year, the rate of increase in the number of year-end pending cases was significantly lower—5.8% in 1975 as com-pared with 13.4% in 1974. The rate of dispositions (the number of dispositions relative to the number of filings) for 1975 is 98.2% compared with 95.9% in 1974. The pending ratio (the number of cases pending relative to the number of dispositions) dropped from 36.5 in 1974 to 32.9 in 1975, indicating (all other things being equal) that the estimated amount of time for the court to dispose of all criminal cases pending has decreased from almost four and one-half months to less than four months. The number of days of superior court scheduled increased from 6,224 to 7,200i/ 2 or 15.7%, and the number of days held increased from 5,0861/2 to 5,983, an increase of 896% days or 17.6%. This increase compares with increases of .8% in 1974, 2.2% in 1973, and 9.3% in 1972. For the third consecutive year since the district court has been operating in all 100 counties of the State, misdemeanors have constituted less than one-half of superior court filings. In prior years, there were always more misdemeanors than felonies on the superior court docket. This year, misdemeanors constituted 42.5% of filings (a decrease from 44.8%) and felonies made up 57.5% (an increase from 55.2%). It continues to be the situation that a relatively small propor-tion of the criminal cases in the superior courts are disposed of by jury trial. Of the 52,551 cases that were disposed of in 1975, only 3,626 (6.9%), followed a not-guilty plea for which a jury was impaneled. This compares with 3,524 (7.9%) in 1974. The largest percentage of cases were disposed of by guilty pleas (26,835 or 51.1%, up from 22,379 or 50.1% in 1974) ; and the remaining cases—22,090 or 42.0 %, up from 18,797 or 42.0% in 1974—were disposed of by other means. The ten counties with the largest criminal dockets accounted for 39.6% of the total cases pending at the end of the year. Forty-six counties had 100 or fewer cases pending at the end of the year, and only eight counties had more than 500 cases pending. 19 In the order named, Mecklenburg, Guilford, Wake, Forsyth and Cumberland had the largest number of cases filed in 1975. Among all the counties that exceeded the statewide mean (535) for filings, the following counties had the largest percentage increases in filings between 1974 and 1975: Catawba (63.4%), Mecklenburg (56.7%), Lenoir (46.2%) Pitt (46.2%), Cleve-land (43.7%), Gaston (39.5%), Surry (39.3%), Randolph (37.9%). Mecklenburg County disposed of the most cases in 1975, fol-lowed in order by Wake, Forsyth, Guilford and Cumberland. Among the counties that exceeded the statewide mean for dispo-sitions, the following counties made the most significant in-creases over 1974: Gaston (295.5%), Cleveland (66.7%), For-syth (47.3%), Nash (40.0%), and Catawba (38.2%). The highest number of jury trials, 265, was held in Mecklen-burg in 1975 ; Durham held 176, Wake held 154, New Hanover held 126, and Cumberland held 119. Mecklenburg led the State in the number of days of criminal court held (510), followed by Wake (413i/ 2 ), Cumberland (296%), Durham (251), and Guil-ford (246i/ 2 ). The 1971 Annual Report utilized pending ratios as a baro-meter of court performance for the first time. As already indi-cated, the pending ratio for 1975 is 32.9, suggesting that it would require about four months to dispose of all cases pending. The pending ratio, of course, varies from county to county, and it is useful to apply that test to each county. The table at page 23 lists the ten counties with the highest pending ratios. 20 CRIMINAL CASES ADDED AND DISPOSED OF IN THE SUPERIOR COURT January 1, 1970 - December 31 ,1975 Added 1/1/70 - 12/31/70 1/1/71 - 12/31/71 1/1/72 - 12/31/72 1/1/73 - 12/31/73 1/1/74-12/31/74 1/1/75-12/31/75 Disposed of tzb$ez^B2^& WBBZ&ZEEEEZ2E2E& w/;/////////;;///;/;/;;//;/;/;//;;////, W///W//////MMMMMMMM///////////A v/////MM//M///y///y/////////////////////y/^M. wM/////y///^///M//y//yy/y^///////////////M (in thousands) 10 20 30 40 50 37,001 32,724 39,138 37,150 40,293 42,524 42,359 44,636 46,628 44,700 53,505 52,551 60 12/31/70 12/31/71 12/31/72 12/31/73 12/31/74 12/31/75 CRIMINAL CASES PENDING IN THE SUPERIOR COURT December 31, 1970 - December 31, 1975 (in thousands) 10 k 16,919 18,907 16,676 14,399 16,327 17,281 20 21 DISTRIBUTION OF PENDING CRIMINAL CASES AMONG THE COUNTIES Number of Cases Number of Counties 1974 1975 Less than 50 50-100 101-200 201-500 Over 500 25 27 23 18 7 23 23 31 15 8 TEN COUNTIES WITH LARGEST CRIMINAL DOCKETS PENDING AT YEAR END County Pending 1-1-75 Added Disposed of Pending 12-31-75 Relation (%) of Dispositions to Filings *Mecklenburg 920 3,357 2,909 1,368 86.6 *Wake 988 2,687 2,788 887 103.7 *Guilford 621 2,931 2,694 858 91.9 *Alamance 710 1,148 1,224 634 106.6 Catawba 300 1,069 792 577 74.1 Forsyth 702 2,656 2,784 574 104.8 *Cumberland 603 2,126 2,180 549 102.5 *New Hanover 524 1,947 1,970 501 101.2 *Robeson 415 1,054 982 487 93.2 Cabarrus 207 1,018 808 417 79.4 STATE MEAN 163 535 525 173 98.2 * Counties that were listed in this table in the 1974 Annual Report. TEN COUNTIES WITH GREATEST RATIO OF CRIMINAL CASES PENDING IN RELATION TO DISPOSITIONS 1 County Disposed of in 1975 Pending 12-31-75 Ratio Scotland 214 258 120.5 Person 216 209 96.7 Vance 410 386 94.1 Catawba 792 577 72.8 Franklin 430 268 62.3 Randolph 471 283 60.0 Granville 334 195 58.3 *Alamance 1,224 634 51.7 Cabarrus 808 417 51.6 Robeson 982 487 49.5 STATE MEAN 525 173 32.9 iExcluding counties with less than the statewide average of 173 cases pend-ing on December 31, 1975. Counties that were listed in this table in the 1974 Annual Report. PERCENT OF CRIMINAL CASES TRIED IN THE DISTRICT COURT WHICH WERE APPEALED TO THE SUPERIOR COURT FOR TRIAL DE NOVO Total number of cases tried in the District Court 395,963 (Includes only cases actually tried; excludes cases disposed of by waiver, preliminary hearing, nol pros or otherwise.) 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2 221/2 83.3 Sampson 55 42 13 76.4 TOTAL 245 192i/ 2 521/2 78.6 5TH DISTRICT New Hanover 215 170 45 79.1 Pender 20 I21/2 7i/ 2 62.5 TOTAL 235 182i/ 2 52i/ 2 77.7 6TH DISTRICT Bertie 23 16 7 69.6 Halifax 45 39 6 86.7 Hertford 25 19 6 76.0 Northampton 15 91/2 51/2 63.3 TOTAL 108 83i/2 24i/ 2 77.3 7TH DISTRICT Edgecombe 55 43i/ 2 IIV2 79.1 Nash 70 61 9 87.1 Wilson 100 88 12 88.0 TOTAL 225 192i/2 32i/ 2 85.6 31 8TH DISTRICT Days Scheduled Days Held Days Unused % Used Greene Lenoir Wayne TOTAL 20 80 135 235 7 62 112V2 i8iy2 13 18 22i/ 2 53i/2 35.0 77.5 83.3 77.2 9TH DISTRICT 35 30 30 30 15 140 28U 2oy2 26 25 11 111 6i/ 2 9i/2 4 5 4 29 Franklin Granville Person Vance Warren TOTAL 81.4 68.3 86.7 83.3 73.3 79.3 10TH DISTRICT Wake 460 413i/ 2 46i/ 2 89.9 11TH DISTRICT Harnett Johnston Lee TOTAL 35 65 40 140 33 59V2 29V2 122 2 51/2 IOI/2 18 94.3 91.5 73.8 87.1 12TH DISTRICT Cumberland Hoke TOTAL 355 35 390 296V2 31 3271/z 58i/ 2 4 62i/ 2 83.5 88.6 84.0 13TH DISTRICT Bladen Brunswick Columbus 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COCMCM© 55? co-*©© oo©! ©©-Jt>COO0' CO © lO ^ I ^CMrHCOCMI 2 cocdcocm & CNCM**© -*CO© lO»H© co(noco©oq t-OOOCO't CM CMrH CMtHQO « l>CM rH© fa CNCM^*© rH CM CO -J CM t* (MrfOO^CMrH COrH CMiH© a **» cot* CO© <H CO CO i-( 00 COtF©©^ t-fa VH CO *-ieo> fl ca ecw WOOH § 1 s CO 40 U)to C5CDtD<NtO©OiOO CO ^s "* ^ * 5 II « § ™^©£©g £ 3 S 8 3 j sssgsssg i 4)ih <N r-1 1© © 8" MM) «a »Q rH IC i-H Oi Tf OS ^ <D SCI CI <N "<* lO l> rH <D £ <« 0>N rH COi-KN © © *~ ,4 ef a t^ i-i ^ th © i-i io §3 a 3^- S£ S °° ° 'f E: o> 3! EJ cr1 CO CO o? up »o 00 i-i © © SJ* f COtMiHiH© © iOW^Scgl 41 THE DISTRICT COURT DIVISION The total of civil and criminal filings in this division increased by 3.6% and total dispositions increased by 5.2%. The larger increases were experienced in the civil division. There has been an increase from last year in the ratio between criminal cases pending at the end of the year and dispositions for the year. The ratio for criminal cases is 11.0 indicating that it would require about 6 weeks for the district court to dispose of its criminal docket (up from 5 weeks last year) . The ratio for civil cases decreased from 35.9 to 35.2, the estimated time needed to dispose of all civil cases decreasing from about four months and three weeks to about four months and two weeks. The total number of days of district court held in 1975 in-creased by 8.4% over 1974, the number of civil days increasing from 6,0181/0 to 6,6731/2 and the number of criminal days in-creasing from 11,193 to 11,979. Upon assignment by the Chief Justice district court judges held 237% days of court in judicial districts other than their own, down from 244 such days in 1974. The tables relating to juvenile proceedings are found on pages 65 and 78. The number of new cases opened (children be-fore the court for the first time) decreased from 15,504 to 13,190 or 14.9%. The number of adjudicatory hearings decreased from 28,830 to 27,131 or 6.3 %. The composition of the caseload varies little from year to year: delinquency accounted for 59.6%, undisciplined for 21.3%, dependency for 9.3%, and neglect for 9.8%. The bulk of delinquency charges were for misdemeanors (59.0%), 23.7% were for non-capital felonies, 17.1% were for violations of probation, and .2% were for capital felonies. The only increase from last year was in the dependent category. Allegations of dependency increased 4.5% and dependency hear-ings increased by 8.4%. On the other hand, allegations of neglect decreased by 4.5% while neglect hearings increased by 12.3%. DISTRICT COURT CIVIL DOCKETS Civil filings have again increased, 7.6% compared with an 18.9% increase last year. The change in the small claim juris-diction of magistrates from $300 to $500 (effective July 1, 1974) resulted in an 8.5% increase in small claim filings, whereas domestic filings increased by only 17% and other civil actions decreased by .9%. The rate of disposition was 96.9% (fewer cases were disposed of than were filed). Among all 100 counties, the 10 counties with the largest civil dockets accounted for 59.2% of the total civil cases pending. Forty-nine counties had 300 or fewer cases pending at the end of the year and 14 counties had more than 1,000 pending. As stated above, the ratio of pending cases to the year's dispo-sitions is 35.2, indicating that the docket could be disposed of in about four and one-half months. Of the 219,428 cases filed in 1975, 68.0% were small claims, 14.0% were domestic cases, and 18.0% were regular civil actions in which a hearing before a district court judge was requested. Of the 212,600 cases which were disposed of, 18.0% were han-dled by a judge without a jury, a jury was impaneled in .29% of the cases, magistrates disposed of 66.0%, and the remaining 14.71% were disposed of by other means. It is notable that jury cases dropped by more than one-third from 1974. In 1974, a jury was impaneled in 962 cases; this year a jury was impaneled in only 608 cases. When the plaintiff so requests, claims for $500 or less are subject to assignment to a magistrate. Magistrates continue to dispose of almost all of these small claims. In 1975, magis-trates disposed of 95.8% of such claims. 43 CIVIL CASES ADDED AND DISPOSED OF IN THE DISTRICT COURT January 1, 1972 - December 31, 1975 Added snoonn Disposed of y/////////////////zzzzl 1/1/72 - 12/31/72 w 148,739 77777777?, 152,289 1/1/73 - 12/31/73 wmmm—m 171,368 WZZZZZZ2Z222. 161,342 1/1/74 - 12/31/74 BHBHnHHnHi 203,824 mzzzmszszsEzmzzzzm 189,798 1/1/75 - 12/31/75 in nmmmimiu im n jmmihi 219,428 ^v/v/y/yvy/v/y^^^^ 212,600 (in thousands) 140 160 180 200 220 CIVIL CASES PENDING IN THE DISTRICT COURT December 31, 1972 - December 31, 1975 12/31/72 mm 43,989 12/31/73 -—'"- —"ffl 54,015 12/31/74 '"" *»"'«^»-*iiiiwihiiii hii 68,041 12/31/75 iniii—^fTHHfr iiJ iiMii bu— 74,869 (in thousands) 40 50 60 70 80 DISTRIBUTION OF PENDING CIVIL CASES AMONG THE COUNTIES Number of Cases Number of Counties 1974 1975 Less than 100 101-300 301-500 501-1000 Over 1000 24 23 19 19 15 23 26 19 18 14 TEN COUNTIES WITH LARGEST CIVIL DOCKETS PENDING AT YEAR END County Pending 1/1/75 Added Disposed of Pending 12/31/75 Relation (%) of Dispositions to Filings Mecklenburg 12,503 24,495 19,798 17,200 80.8 Guilford 4,991 20,467 18,866 6,592 92.2 *Wake 5,131 12,782 12,167 5,746 95.2 *New Hanover 1,998 5,272 4,011 3,259 76.1 Durham 2,244 9,701 9,973 1,972 102.8 Robeson 1,696 4,099 3,890 1,905 94.9 Buncombe 1,458 4,136 3,742 1,852 90.5 Cumberland 1,625 8,014 7,823 1,816 97.6 Person 1,673 1,185 1,214 1,644 102.4 Onslow 1,127 3,807 3,308 1,626 86.9 STATE MEAN 680 2,194 2,126 749 96.9 Counties that were listed in this table in the 1974 Annual Report. 45 S t> iH © (N © l> Tf ^< Oca CN HHH^M ° *" +1 1+1+ I I 2?C »0»HO(N^HW o •a o rH lO © rH ^ ^t T* CO o^ oo o co t> ^ o co iHcocococNtMcN© H H i-T c4 H E z Q H 0) ONCOtHMON CO CO ID CD CO O CM «D »H <N us © o H •3 THE POSl 4) ca O ft VI 5 0) fa Mm ©^©©©©©aC0M©C0D0-CrO^^C<O HHNHHQOHft 02 ifl «s iH ss Oi iH 4) w ^ &- *v •S cn r> co t> o Th to © o o CO 3 R « 4> w w -e >» DISPOS MANN S P fa 3 >> 3 OOCOHHCN^H iH 1 •** O P0 Tf CO CO US tH © Hi OiCDOTt lO CD CO CO ^^ 1 H iH CO CO CO CM CM i-l CO S If5 *H Of ^ OS iH fa p 52 iH 1 ©©t>J>«MC0©© CO rH CO t> CN © »H CO iH i-i US w ^ i>» p w a < o 3 C ecj H9 0 E 01 *a Ui 0) g CO©»O©©C0lO© r-i COOOCOC^iHt* iH CO dH P PEND BY T 1! 2.2 © ID tH CO CO lO © Ifl n< rf i> oo © © cn i> t-IcNiHtHCNIO0»H© TH CQ w« S •S^ ©©t-O0i-H©lft© i-h © t- cm © co © eo tH <m h- O) < 4,1-1 O S'^SS to 0> I++I 1 1 i ©lO Hji i-( ©C© ©CNCO (N©^t CO CO t»» CO CO <NCO©lO©C0 <Nt>00©t>CO 00 ©iHH/lft 2 tH eo £ 1 ©©00 US 00 CO 00 Hj« Tj<t«. 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For the third year, both filings and dispositions in the crim-inal division have exceeded one million cases. Thirty-six of the 100 counties had more than 1,000 cases pending at the end of the year and 29 counties had 300 or fewer pending. The 10 counties with the largest criminal dockets accounted for 46.7% of the total number of criminal cases pending. The rate of disposition was 99.0%. From year to year, the percentage breakdown for the types of cases handled and the manner of dispositions remains fairly constant. In 1974, 64.0% (717,208) of all criminal cases filed were for violations of the traffic laws. Other criminal offenses made up the remaining 36.0% (403,820). Only 9.4% of the cases disposed of were contested, requiring a full-fledged trial before a district court judge. A judge or magistrate disposed of 26.3% upon a plea of guilty or nolo contendere, and 43.2% were disposed of by a written appearance waiving trial and pleading guilty before a magistrate or clerk. Preliminary hearings con-stituted 2.6% of the criminal docket and the remaining 18.6% of total dispositions were terminated by other means. Since mid-1971 the uniform traffic ticket and complaint has been in use by all law enforcement officials; the ticket contains detailed instructions on the use of the waiver procedure. In 1970, 63.0% of motor vehicle cases were disposed of by waiver; in 1971, 65.7% ; in 1972, 69.4% ; in 1973, 69.6% ; in 1974, 67.7% ; and in 1975, 66.8%?. All statistical measures continue to indicate overall satisfac-tory performance with criminal cases by the district court divi-sion. As already indicated, the ratio of criminal cases pending at the end of the year to dispositions for the year is 11.0. This ratio indicates that it would require about 6 weeks for the district courts to dispose of pending criminal cases. 54 CRIMINAL CASES ADDED AND DISPOSED OF IN THE DISTRICT COURT January 1, 1972 - December 31, 1975 Added BGonBanai Disposed of tzzzzzezzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzl 1/1/72 - 12/31/72 i 1,000,893 -ZEZZZzm 998,389 1/1/73 - 12/31/73 otHun 1,028,532 zmmsBtamsm 1,023,310 1/1/74 - 12/31/74 onnHHHHHHBsnHi 1,089,512 1/1/75 - 12/31/75 msssaassBSSOBBSsammBB^ 1,121,028 v//y>//y////////////////////////////^//^^//^^^ 1,109,759 I I I I I (in thousands) 950 1,000 1,050 1,100 1,150 CRIMINAL CASES PENDING IN THE DISTRICT COURT December 31, 1972 - December 31, 1975 12/31/72 m 83,410 12/31/73 mam 88,632 12/31/74 Mill iiiibi nil—! 111,432 12/31/75 nraanBHHHBM 122,701 (in thousands) 80 90 100 110 120 130 65 DISTRIBUTION OF PENDING CRIMINAL CASES AMONG THE COUNTIES Number of Cases Number of Counties 1974 1975 Less than 100 101-300 301-500 501-1000 Over 1000 9 23 11 23 34 6 23 10 25 36 TEN COUNTIES WITH LARGEST CRIMINAL DOCKETS PENDING AT YEAR END County Pending 1/1/75 Added Disposed of Pending 12/31/75 Relation (%) of Dispositions to Filings *Wake 13,158 75,388 74,948 13,598 99.4 Guilford 11,344 87,953 86,979 12,318 98.9 Mecklenburg 5,244 79,658 78,093 6,809 98.0 * Forsyth 4,209 49,645 49,220 4,634 99.1 *New Hanover 3,935 18,737 18,150 4,522 96.9 Cumberland 3,947 42,470 42,015 4,402 98.9 Duplin 1,602 10,193 8,225 3,570 80.7 Caldwell 2,113 10,863 10,454 2,522 96.2 Stanly 1,647 7,303 6,490 2,460 88.9 Gaston 3,131 28,579 29,265 2,445 102.4 STATE MEAN 1,114 11,210 11,097 1,227 Counties that were listed in this table in the 1974 Annual Report. 56 i 5o rj H i o Q OS o PW o 5 5 p s * p .S3 § W fa cW Cm P B W DO W w CO s s p UN 4> S p £« >> » 8 S3 0.3 3^ flr1 OJ©CDtt©OT©© i-l i-l 1-4 W ++ I+++++ OOCOcOCO CD »- ION H«HCOHCO(N^ rf ©©inCNrf Ol© rH rH G5 00 CO CD CD CO i-T of i-T of ih co' t-T ^f CO Tf © tJ< m CN CO t-t> CO t^ CN rf 00 tT b- (NHTj*HCO iHin t> co i> cd m oo o co OJ ^ ,—; CO <N © 04 CO COHH Tf 1-4 rH © © in i-4 00 i-l 00 TfCDoicoooiomcN t> O0 00 Tf l> CD p^ iH HHl* Minoo©rt<© in ©t* 00 O <N LO C75 00 t* CN in in © Ol 00 Ol CO CO 00 00 r-4 © <N r-i <N 00 |> T$< i-H 00 r-4 LO <<* tN i-H (N rH tH (M i-H iH win^ffiow Tf CO CD CN i-i CO SI 2 © 00 "«t © i-4 © i-H in CDOJCD^CDOOTfCO ^ (N i-j 00 05 CO l> t> iH 5 HNHNHCOHU5 H ©oi[*-t-oo©in© OOCMtHIOCOCNOCO t> CO 00 CO (N CO CO COCDIXNCOCDCDCD 00E-Tf<©eN©COOl i-H rf lO OkO to^W iH Hri of i-H OfiH ?H O©O©C©D©HOWIti--<NinH© oa i-4 1-4 1-4 oa i-H cn 3 §§«» §'3* ccx: 3 « cc a a>© 1—1 r^ o-a co«m 3 + 1 + 1 1 + |s 1 00 CO 10 CO CO CN 3£ Pi <mD COtNCNlO cn 00 SB O 1 II O COOOt^CNiH «5 u 1-4 © © cd t* CXDt>i-HC7iinCN e- id ofiH> a 00 co m 00©^ 2° lis 3 to « i-4 CD CD CN Ol© "9 J- G *"i °- n^, iH i-H Of 5 ^gW (0 CNTf CO CD 00 CO 00 CNi-HCOCO o»oo 73 co 1-4 w T>|» a* *h 1 <u+* « S 01 mm moi© S i-4|>C^©t^CO ^t oiwcomcN ^ CO*" Of rHCO c h i oco CJ). ©»©CN©© B ©©cd© oom CO ©1-HCO© b£ 6i3 5 of iH rf i "22 X3 re V l-H >»sCS a -4-> fc»-»-> mi-4©cocom a ^ 5a •a ©t>l>Tf Tt< CN r^oimoico©^ IH IS* B re <— 1 re oomeooocNcp s 3 tm> ©co m© ©©cN©m (0 ;5 rt ?>u > i> in ofi> 1-4 a3ft re 9 4) O «<* in 01 01 in 00 Irs 3 2 t*Tt< mt^t>TH 3 a ©^CN CC i-4 i-H iH Of iH 1-4"©* T}-©i-4©t-C0 t>CO i-4© t> 00 rj i 3 *? 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The figures in both the "filed" and "disposed of" columns are for the calendar year 1975. Some of the cases filed in 1975 will not be disposed of until 1976 and some of the cases disposed of in 1975 were filed in 1974. Assuming a fairly con-stant rate of filing and disposition, the percentages are relatively accurate. These two tables are combined for convenience of format; they are not otherwise related. 79 Percent of Motor Vehicle Cases Disposed of by Waiver1 Motor Vehicle Case Filed Cases Percent Disposed of Disposed of by Waiver by Waiver Percent of Small Claims Cases Disposed of by Magistrate1 Percent Small Disposed Disposed Claims of by of by Filed Magistrate Magistrate 6TH DISTRICT Bertie 2,852 Halifax 8,792 Hertford 3,888 Northampton 3,512 1,719 5,718 2,588 1,990 60.3 65.0 66.6 56.7 435 1,446 447 547 415 1,453 455 635 95.4 100.5 101.8 116.1 TOTAL 19,044 12,015 63.1 2,902 2,958 101.9 7TH DISTRICT Edgecombe 8,020 Nash 9,387 Wilson 6,203 5,693 6,486 5,273 71.0 69.1 85.0 2,336 1,607 2,273 2,354 1,622 2,260 100.8 100.9 99.4 TOTAL 23,610 17,452 73.9 6,216 6,236 100.3 8TH DISTRICT Greene 2,514 Lenoir 7,776 Wayne 9,341 1,740 5,217 6,481 69.2 67.1 69.4 272 2,460 2,186 301 2,252 2,153 110.7 91.5 98.5 TOTAL 19,631 13,438 68.4 4,918 4,706 95.7 9TH DISTRICT Franklin 4,976 Granville 4,766 Person 3,139 Vance 4,520 Warren 2,386 3,257 3,443 2,107 3,159 1,907 65.4 72.2 67.1 70.2 79.9 851 1,108 976 1,804 436 769 1,115 963 1,797 441 90.4 100.6 98.7 99.6 101.1 TOTAL 19,787 13,873 70.1 5,175 5,085 98.3 10TH DISTRICT Wake 44,811 32,718 73.0 7,383 6,636 89.9 11TH DISTRICT Harnett 7,176 Johnston 8,356 Lee 3,327 4,367 6,120 3,444 60.8 73.2 103.5 1,542 1,552 934 1,441 1,560 918 93.4 100.5 98.3 TOTAL 18,859 13,931 73.9 4,028 3,919 97.3 12TH DISTRICT & Cumberland 25,089 Hoke 3,399 15,450 2,155 61.6 63.4 5,087 460 4,729 490 93.0 106.5 TOTAL 28,488 17,605 61.8 5,547 5,219 94.1 In some counties, the percent of cases disposed of exceeds one hundred percent because cases pending January 1, 1975 are not included in the "filed" column. The figures in both the "filed" and "disposed of" columns are for the calendar year 1975. Some of the cases filed in 1975 will not be disposed of until 1976 and some of the cases disposed of in 1975 were filed in 1974. Assuming a fairly con-stant rate of filing and disposition, the percentages are relatively accurate. These two tables are combined for convenience of format; they are not otherwise related. 80 Percent of Motor Vehicle Cases Disposed of by Waiver1 Percent of Small Claims Cases Disposed of by Magistrate1 Motor Vehicle Case Filed Cases Percent Disposed of Disposed of by Waiver by Waiver Small Claims Filed Percent Disposed Disposed of by of by Magistrate Magistrate 13TH DISTRICT Bladen Brunswick Columbus 6,517 4,199 6,720 3,772 3,035 3,631 57.9 72.3 54.0 534 904 1,298 537 902 1,477 100.6 99.8 113.8 TOTAL 17,436 10,438 59.9 2,736 2,916 106.6 14TH DISTRICT Durham 19,159 10,557 55.1 7,696 6,792 88.2 15TH DISTRICT Alamance 12,733 Chatham 5,740 Orange 8,739 8,965 3,205 6,264 70.4 55.8 71.7 2,014 992 950 2,086 990 847 103.6 99.8 89.2 TOTAL 27,212 18,434 67.7 3,956 3,923 99.2 16TH DISTRICT Robeson 12,411 Scotland 4,062 6,615 2,627 53.3 64.5 2,897 984 2,700 836 93.2 84.9 TOTAL 16,473 9,242 56.1 3,881 3,536 91.1 17TH DISTRICT Caswell 1,707 Rockingham 8,653 Stokes 3,055 Surry 5,654 1,221 5,542 1,960 4,099 71.5 64.0 64.1 72.5 511 1,764 613 3,492 512 1,851 637 3,492 100.2 104.9 103.9 100.0 TOTAL 19,069 12,822 67.2 6,380 6,492 101.7 18TH DISTRICT Guilford 61,726 40,746 66.0 13,468 13,234 98.3 19TH DISTRICT Cabarrus Montgomery Randolph Rowan 11,462 3,893 10,620 12,090 8,584 3,165 8,052 8,921 74.9 81.3 75.8 73.8 1,431 1,729 1,162 1,771 1,372 1,673 1,123 1,709 95.9 96.8 96.6 96.5 TOTAL 38,065 28,722 75.4 6,093 5,877 96.4 In some counties, the percent of cases disposed of exceeds one hundred percent because cases pending January 1, 1975 are not included in the "filed" column. The figures in both the "filed" and "disposed of" columns are for the calendar year 1975. Some of the cases filed in 1975 will not be disposed of until 1976 and some of the cases disposed of in 1975 were filed in 1974. Assuming a fairly con-stant rate of filing and disposition, the percentages are relatively accurate. These two tables are combined for convenience of format; they are not otherwise related. 81 Percent of Motor Vehicle Cases Disposed of by Waiver1 Percent of Small Claims Cases Disposed of by Magistrate1 Motor Vehicle Case Filed 20TH DISTRICT Cases Percent Disposed of Disposed of by Waiver by Waiver Small Claims Filed Percent Disposed Disposed of by of by Magistrate Magistrate Anson Moore Richmond Stanly Union TOTAL 4,301 5,304 4,469 4,768 6,30'8 25,150 3,330 4,118 2,530 3,106 3,705 16,789 77.4 77.6 56.6 65.1 58.7 66.7 403 995 963 1,114 1,817 5,292 419 853 957 1,144 2,094 5,467 104.0 85.7 99.4 102.7 115.2 103.3 21ST DISTRICT Forsyth 34,886 25,086 71.9 5,648 5,641 99.9 22ND DISTRICT Alexander Davidson Davie Iredell TOTAL 1,757 12,085 4,018 8,569 26,429 1,475 8,362 3,187 5.287 18,311 83.9 69.2 79.3 61.2 69.3 336 1,461 170 1,916 3,883 371 1,530 177 2,231 4,309 110.4 104.7 104.1 116.4 111.0 23RD DISTRICT Alleghany Ashe Wilkes Yadkin TOTAL 461 1,756 5,665 2,712 10,594 374 1,094 3,830 2,092 7,390 81.1 62.3 67.6 77.1 69.7 165 311 846 506 1,828 153 271 628 506 1,558 92.7 87.1 74.2 100.0 85.2 24TH DISTRICT Avery Madison Mitchell Watauga Yancey TOTAL 2,338 1,398 1,545 3,085 1,178 9,544 1,777 983 1,115 2,039 1,361 7,275 76.0 70.3 72.2 66.1 115.5 76.2 261 83 173 281 222 1,020 246 87 144 186 218 881 94.2 104.8 83.2 66.2 98.2 86.4 25TH DISTRICT Burke Caldwell Catawba TOTAL 7,387 7,075 8,423 22,885 4,791 4,448 5,504 14,743 64.8 62.9 65.3 64.4 836 1,467 1,753 4,056 821 1,513 1,607 3,941 98.2 103.1 91.7 97.2 26TH DISTRICT Mecklenburg 38,484 26,789 69.6 16,534 14,280 86.4 In some counties, the percent of cases disposed of exceeds one hundred percent because cases pending January 1, 1975 are not included in the "filed" column. The figures in both the "filed" and "disposed of" columns are for the calendar year 1975. Some of the cases filed in 1975 will not be disposed of until 1976 and some of the cases disposed of in 1975 were filed in 1974. Assuming a fairly con-stant rate of filing and disposition, the percentages are relatively accurate. These two tables are combined for convenience of format; they are not otherwise related. 82 Percent of Motor Vehicle Cases Disposed of by Waiver1 Percent of Small Claims Cases Disposed of by Magistrate1 Motor Vehicle Case Filed Cases Percent Disposed of Disposed of by Waiver by Waiver Small Claims FUed Percent Disposed Disposed of by of by Magistrate Magistrate 27TH DISTRICT Cleveland 8,307 Gaston 15,221 Lincoln 4,212 5,559 66.9 8,139 53.8 2,256 53.6 1,502 2,877 686 1,458 2,954 672 97.1 102.7 97.9 TOTAL 27,740 15,954 57.5 5,065 5,084 100.4 28TH DISTRICT Buncombe 16,665 12,163 73.0 2,133 1,972 92.4 29TH DISTRICT Henderson 6,310 4,002 63.4 McDowell 4,883 2,969 60.8 Polk 2,486 1,820 73.2 Rutherford 4,057 2,813 69.3 Transylvania 2,647 2,027 76.6 TOTAL 20,383 13,631 66.9 30TH DISTRICT Cherokee 2,798 1,861 66.5 Clay 1,158 923 79.7 Graham 939 758 80.7 Haywood 5,576 2,767 49.6 Jackson 3,115 2,178 69.9 Macon 3,087 2,025 65.6 Swain 1,321 1,040 78.7 TOTAL 17,994 11,552 64.2 GRAND TOTAL 717,208 479,173 66.8 632 577 91.3 415 417 100.5 133 137 103.1 789 924 117.1 346 330 95.4 2,315 2,385 103.0 263 205 77.9 60 76 126.6 75 90 120.0 527 487 92.4 223 246 110.3 199 196 98.5 164 179 109.1 1,511 1,479 97.9 147,369 141,253 95.8 In some counties, the percent of cases disposed of exceeds one hundred percent because cases pending January 1, 1975 are not included in the "filed" column. The figures in both the "filed" and "disposed of" columns are for the calendar year 1975. Some of the cases filed in 1975 will not be disposed of until 1976 and some of the cases disposed of in 1975 were fUed in 1974. Assuming a fairly con-stant rate of filing and disposition, the percentages are relatively accurate. These two tables are combined for convenience of format; they are not otherwise related. 83 DAYS OF COURT HELD AT EACH SEAT OF THE DISTRICT COURT* 1975 Calendar Year 1ST DISTRICT (2 Judges) Civil Criminal Total Camden—Camden 4 21 25 Chowan—Edenton 33y2 47 8oy2 Currituck—Currituck 9 25i/ 2 34i/ 2 Dare—Manteo 5 37 42 Gates—Gatesville 31/2 20 231/2 Pasquotank—Elizabeth City 40 50 90 Perquimans—Hertford 4i/ 2 211/2 26 TOTAL 99i/ 2 222 3211/2 2ND DISTRICT (2 Judges) Beaufort—Washington 141/2 1161/2 131 Hyde—Swan Quarter 1% 19i/ 2 21 Martin—Williamson 191/2 641/a 84 Tyrrell—Columbia % 141/2 15 Washington—Plymouth 81/2 38 46% TOTAL 44i/2 253 2971/2 3RD DISTRICT (4 Judges) Carteret—Beaufort 551/2 140 195i/ 2 Craven—New Bern 1131/2 182 295i/ 2 Pamlico—Bayboro 5 22 27 Pitt—Greenville 96i/ 2 177 2731/2 Farmville 27 27 Ayden 22 22 TOTAL 270i/2 570 840i/2 4TH DISTRICT (4 Judges) Duplin—Kenansville 10 75i/ 2 851/2 Jones—Trenton 61/ 221/2 29 Onslow—Jacksonville 55 3551/2 410i/ 2 Sampson—Clinton 26 75 101 TOTAL 971/2 528i/2 626 5TH DISTRICT (3 Judges) New Hanover—Wilmington 120 238 358 Pender—Burgaw 20 571/2 7714 TOTAL 140 2951/2 4351/2 6TH DISTRICT (3 Judges) Bertie—Windsor 21/2 59 6II/2 Halifax—Halifax 401/s 93 1331/2 Roanoke Rapids 6i/ 2 4oy2 47 Hertford—Winton 14 61 1/ 751/ Northampton—Jackson 8 421/2 50y2 TOTAL 711/2 2961/2 368 All days of court at each seat were not necessarily held by a judge assigned to the designated judicial district. In 1975 District Court Judges held a total of 237V2 days of court in judicial districts other than their own. A day of court is defined as at least a two hour session before lunch and at least a two hour session after lunch. Judicial hospitalization, juvenile and domestic relations are counted as civil court. 84 7TH DISTRICT (4 Judges) civil Criminal Total Edgecombe—Tarboro 25 82*/2 107y2 Rocky Mount 10 72 i/2 82y2 Nash—Nashville 48 69 117 Wilson—Wilson 35*/2 97y2 133 TOTAL 118i/ 2 32li/2 440 8TH DISTRICT (5 Judges) Greene—Snow Hill 7% 36y2 44 Lenoir—Kinston 87y2 157y2 245 Wayne—Gold&boro 123 180 303 Mount Olive 26 26 TOTAL 218 400 618 9TH DISTRICT (3 Judges) Franklin—Louisburg 14y2 48y2 63 Granville—Oxford 28y2 53y2 82 Person—Roxboro 30 50 80 Vance—Henderson 33y2 86y2 120 Warren—Warrenton 7 25 32 TOTAL 113^ 26314 377 10TH DISTRICT (6 Judges) Wake—Raleigh 466y2 59iy2 1,058 Fuquay-Varina 14 14 Wendell 15y2 15y2 TOTAL 4661/2 621 l,087y2 11TH DISTRICT (4 Judges) Harnett—Lillington 30 109 139 Dunn 42 42 Johnston—Smithfield 60y2 90y2 151 Benson 40y2 40y2 Selma 39y2 39y2 Lee—Sanford 17 114y2 131y2 TOTAL 1071/2 436 543y2 12TH DISTRICT (5 Judges) Cumberland—Fayetteville 407 415 822 Hoke—Raeford 40y2 40y2 TOTAL 407 455i/2 862i/2 13TH DISTRICT (3 Judges) Bladen—Elizabethtown 33 69y2 102y2 Brunswick—Southpoxt 24 70 94 Shallotte 44 44 Columbus—Whiteville 85y2 108y2 194 Tabor City 32 32 TOTAL 14214 324 466y2 14TH DISTRICT (3 Judges) Durham—Durham 169 229 398 85 15TH DISTRICT (4 Judges) civil Criminal Total Alamance—Graham 194 191 385 Chatham—Pittsboro 24 30 54 Siler City 5 31% 36% Orange—Hillsborough 44 55 99 Chapel Hill 10% 70 80% TOTAL 277% 377i/ 2 655 16TH DISTRICT (3 Judges) Robeson—Lumberton 124y2 198i/ 2 323 Fairmont 26i/ 2 26% Maxton 4Qi/ 2 40% Red Springs 27 27 Rowland 22% 22% Saint Pauls 27% 27% Scotland—Laurinburg 49i/ 2 99 148% TOTAL 174 441% 615% 17TH DISTRICT (4 Judges) Caswell—Yanceyville 10% 37 47% Rockingham—Wentworth 74 74 Reidsville 83 83 Eden 69% 69% Madison 45% 45% Stokes—Danbury 70% 70% Surry—Dobsom 27i/ 2 114% 142 TOTAL 112 420 532 18TH DISTRICT (7 Judges) Guilford—Greensboro 338 451% 789% High Point 140% 165 305% TOTAL 478i/2 616% 1,095 19TH DISTRICT (5 Judges) Cabarrus—Concord 68 96% 164% Kannapolis % 49 49% Montgomery—Troy 26i/ 2 68 94% Randolph—-Asheboro 61 101 162 Liberty 2 2 Rowan—Salisbury 80 124 204 TOTAL 236 440% 676% 20TH DISTRICT (4 Judges) Anson—Wadesboro 24 61 85 Moore—Carthage 27 44 71 Southern Pines 1 18% 19% Richmond—Rockingham 33 62 95 Stanly—Albemarle 27 107 134 Union—Monroe 52 99 151 TOTAL 164 391% 555% 21ST DISTRICT (5 Judges) Forsyth—Winston-Salem 285% 377 662% Kernersville 13% 13% TOTAL 285% 390% 676 86 22ND DISTRICT (4 Judges) Civil Criminal Total Alexander—Taylorsville Davidson—Lexington Thomasville Davie—Mocksville Iredell—Statesville Mooresville TOTAL 151/2 127i/ 2 5 23i/ 2 103 274i/2 35 88 61 34i/ 2 1101/2 33 362 sou 2151/2 66 58 2131/2 33 636i/2 23RD DISTRICT (2 Judges) Alleghany—Sparta Ashe—Jefferson Wilkes—Wilkesboro Yadkin—Yadkinville TOTAL I6I/2 15 129 151/2 176 20 47 104 451/2 2161/2 361/2 62 233 61 3921/2 24TH DISTRICT (2 Judges) Avery—Newland Madison—Marshall Mitchell—Bakersville Watauga—Boone Yancey—Burnsville TOTAL 37i/ 2 221/2 I8I/2 27 28 13314 361/2 19 24 74 20 1731/2 74 411/2 42i/ 2 101 48 307 25TH DISTRICT (5 Judges) Burke—Morganton 148 148 Caldwell—Lenoir 59 130i/ 2 189% Catawba—Newton 65 79y2 144% Hickory 72 123% 195% TOTAL 196 481i/2 677i/2 26TH DISTRICT (8 Judges) Mecklenburg—Charlotte 793% 782% 1,576 27TH DISTRICT (5 Judges) Cleveland—Shelby 49 149 198 Gaston—Gastonia 1451/2 474% 620 Lincoln—Lincolnton 45 71 116 TOTAL 239% 694% 934 28TH DISTRICT (4 Judges) Buncombe—Asheville 440 457% 897% 29TH DISTRICT (3 Judges) Henderson—Henders-onville 46% 72% 119 McDowell—Marion 26 79 105 Polk—Columbus 8 30 38 Rutherford—Rutherfordton 29 64% 93% Transylvania—Brevard 27 46% 73% TOTAL 136% 292% 429 87 30TH DISTRICT (2 Judges) Cherokee—Murphy Clay—Hayesville Graham—Robbinsville Haywood—Waynesville Canton Jackson—Sylva Macon—Franklin Swain—Bryson City TOTAL GRAND TOTAL 6,673% 11,979% 18,653 Civil Criminal Total 7 25 32 % 12 12% 6 16 22 39 67 106 18% 18% 12 36 48 4% 25% 30 21% 25 46% 90% 225 315% FISCAL OPERATIONS 1974-75 State expenditures for the Judicial Department exceeded State and local receipts from court operations by more than six million dollars in the 1974-75 fiscal year. State Expenditures for the Judicial Department $39,392,525.39 State and Local Receipts from Court Operations $32,472,672.83 Receipts by classification and governmental unit receiving funds: Superior and District Court Fees (State) $10,478,675.67 Supreme Court Fees (State) 13 331.75 Court of Appeals Fees (State) 20,347.45 Sale of Appellate Reports (State) 84,805.45 Law Enforcement Officers Benefit and Retirement Fund (State) 2,409,782.75 Total State Receipts $13,006,943.07 Facilities Fees (Counties) $ 2,390,507.56 Officer Fees (Counties) 1,325,101.37 Jail Fees (Counties) 387,756.38 Fines and Forfeitures (Counties) 14,518,105.35 Total County Receipts $18,621,470.66 Facilities Fees (Municipalities) $ 131,227.00 Officer Fees (Municipalities) 671,399.60 Jail Fees (Municipalities) 41,632.50 Total Municipal Receipts $ 844.259.10 Total Receipts $32,472,672.83 Of the total Judicial Department receipts, $10,597,160.32 or 32.6% went into the State General Fund. The balance was dis-tributed to the Law Enforcement Officers Benefit and Retirement Fund (7.4%) and the counties (57.4%) and municipalities (2.6%) of the State. Receipts deposited in the State General Fund amounted to 26.9% of the State's expenditures for the Judicial Department. Total State receipts (General Fund and LEOB&RF) equaled 33.0% of Judicial Department expenditures. 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HO05OO fe*» 05 10*10 CO* fag IOCO00 t>rf Cu t> io"oT«oco «m 1-I1H1H o | K 88S88 * *; cm' co oi oi t> &S rHCD t>i-HlO t*<M<N » || III REPRESENTATION OF INDIGENTS In 27 of the State's judicial districts, indigent defendants were represented exclusively by appointed private counsel. In three districts, the 12th, 18th, and 28th (Cumberland and Hoke, Guil-ford, and Buncombe Counties), indigents were usually repre-sented by a public defender's office.* The costs of the entire program rose from $3,838,832.27 in the 1973-74 fiscal year to $5,029,018.62 in the 1974-75 fiscal year, an increase of 31.0%. The program constituted 12.8% of total judi-cial Department expenditures in 1974-75. The cost of the pro-gram in 1974-75 is summarized as follows: Assigned Counsel in Criminal Cases $3,763,697.78 Assigned Counsel in Commitment Cases .... 368,747.24 Assigned Counsel in Juvenile Cases 149,180.05 Total $4,281,625.07 Public Counsel, Mental Hospitals 96,534.08 Public Defender's Office 12th Judicial District 142,216.56 18th Judicial District 213,354.71 28th Judicial District 98,967.79 Total 454,539.06 Transcripts, Records and Briefs 194,707.61 Expert Witness Fees 1,612.80 TOTAL $4,932,484.54 The table at the end of this section compares the assigned counsel program in 1973-74 and 1974-75. The total number of cases rose from 29,117 to 32,423 or 11.3%, and expenditures rose from $3,307,340 to $4,281,625, or 29.4%. The largest portion of this increase was for assigned counsel in criminal cases. An additional 6,166 criminal cases were handled under this program at an additional cost of $1,105,865.98, or an in-crease of 41.6% over the previous year. The cost increase for assigned counsel in juvenile cases was considerably more modest, $15,134.53 (11.3%). There was a signific
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