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NUECES COUNTY (TX) - RECOMMENDATIONS FOR IMPROVING CASE PROCESSING IN THE DISTRICT COURTS - CRIMINAL COURTS TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE PROJECT

NCJ Number
39832
Author(s)
E C FRIESEN
Date Published
1974
Length
11 pages
Annotation
REPORT ON TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE PROVIDED TO THE DISTRICT COURTS OF NUECES COUNTY (TX), WHICH INCLUDES THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, IN STRUCTURING A CASE FLOW SYSTEM TO IMPROVE CIVIL AND CRIMINAL CASE PROCESSING.
Abstract
DURING NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER 1973, THE CONSULTANT MADE SEVERAL VISITS TO NUECES COUNTY DURING WHICH HE CONDUCTED A BRIEF SURVEY OF THE COURTS COMPRISING THE GENERAL JURISDICTION OF THE COUNTY. HE INTERVIEWED REPRESENTATIVES OF THE PRINCIPAL PARTICIPANTS IN THE SYSTEM, EXAMINED SUCH RECORDS AS WERE AVAILABLE AND DEVELOPED STATISTICS FROM THE AVAILABLE DATA. HE FOUND THAT ALTHOUGH CASES WERE NOT SCHEDULED AND CASELOAD WAS, THEREFORE, UNPREDICTABLE, INTEREST IN AND WILLINGNESS TO DEVELOP A CASE-FLOW SYSTEM WERE HIGH. A CASE-FLOW SYSTEM AND IMPLEMENTATION PLAN DEVELOPED BY THE CONSULTANT ARE INCLUDED....EB