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HOW ARE WE DOING?

WHERE ARE WE GOING?

G.S. 7A-409.1.

Duties of State Judicial Council

(b) The State Judicial Council . . . shall recommend to the Chief Justice performance standards for all courts and all judicial officials and shall recommend procedures for periodic evaluation of the court system and individual judicial officials and employees. * * *

Performance Measures: Five Key Areas

1. Access to Justice

2. Expedition and Timeliness

3. Equality, Fairness, and Integrity

4. Independence and Accountability

5. Public Trust and Confidence

TCPS SURVEY RESULTS

Overall: A predominately

Positive

public perception of the court system

The most dissatisfaction was reported over:

Timeliness

TCPS SURVEY RESULTS

Performance Measures: Five Key Areas

1. Access to Justice

2. Expedition and Timeliness

3. Equality, Fairness, and Integrity

4. Independence and Accountability

5. Public Trust and Confidence

Expedition and Timeliness

The trial court establishes and complies with recognized guidelines for timely case processing while, at the same time, keeping current with its incoming caseload.

Public Trust and Confidence

The public has trust and confidence that basic trial court functions are conducted expeditiously and fairly and that trial court decisions have integrity.

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THREE MEASURES ADOPTEDBY THE JUDICIAL COUNCIL, AUGUST 2003

# of cases disposed as a % of total filed

(2) On Time Processing:% disposed within established timeframes

(3) Case Backlog:% of cases older than established timeframes

(1) Caseload Clearance:

NC JUDICIAL BRANCH, COURT PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM

DATA FOR STATE TOTALS Data are current as of: April 1, 2004

CASE CLEARANCE (past 12 months)Cases disposed as a% of cases filed (click for definitions)

0N-TIME PROCESSING (past 12 months)% of cases disposed within established guidelines (click for definitions)

 BACKLOG (as of April 1, 2004)Cases older than established guidelines as a % of total pending (click for definitions)

  

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Superior Court: Civil: X%

Criminal: X%

District Court: Civil: X%

Criminal: X%

Superior Court: Civil: X%

Criminal: X%

District Court: Civil: X%

Criminal: X%

District Court: Civil: X%

Criminal: X%

Superior Court: Civil: X%

Criminal: X%

7580

8590

95

Jan Feb Mar Apr May June

Trend Data – Superior Civil

NC JUDICIAL BRANCH, COURT PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM

DATA FOR STATE TOTALS – DISTRICT COURT CRIMINALData are current as of: April 1, 2004

 CASE CLEARANCE

Cases disposed as % of cases filed (click for definitions)

 

 

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Superior Court – Civil (past 12 months)

Civil Cases X%

Estates X%

Special Proceedings X%

Past 6 Months Year to Date

Past Fiscal Years

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