tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4098620.post110739249329386688..comments2024-03-15T04:02:42.341-04:00Comments on CrimLaw: Dockets and Mandates from the MountUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4098620.post-1107435110090212632005-02-03T07:51:00.000-05:002005-02-03T07:51:00.000-05:00In Connecticut everything starts at 9am and runs u...In Connecticut everything starts at 9am and runs until it ends with a break for lunch usually around 1:00pm. This ofcourse involves lots of waiting around, especially if you are a public defender, because they call cases with private attorneys first, using the logic that private attorneys aren't tied to one courthouse and might have cases in others and therefore have to leave earlier. So usually the public defender cases are called around 11:00. Then the judge usually calls a recess around 1!:30 for about 10 minutes which generally stretches into 40. This means that there's spillover into the afternoon session which is supposed to start at 2, but doesn't actually start till 2:15. This is quite annoying because some days you get done with <I>arraignments</I> shortly past 2:30 and this doesn't leave much time to meet with clients in lock up and enter pleas on disposed cases.<br /><br />It's more of a free for all. Everyone show up and wait. Perhaps splitting it into 4 different dockets is a better idea in principle.moihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11171626509220857990noreply@blogger.com