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criminal calendar n. the list of criminal cases to be called in court on a particular time and date. The parties charged and their attorneys are given a written notice of the time and place to appear. The criminal calendar may list arraignments, bail settings, cases continued (put off) awaiting a plea of guilt or innocence, changes of pleas, setting of hearing or trial dates, motions brought by attorneys, pronouncing sentences, hearing reports of probation officers, appointment of public defenders or other attorneys, and other business concerning criminal cases. (See: arraignment, bail, sentence, plea, preliminary hearing) How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| ``In order to ease the load on the criminal calendar, we have to open up another criminal courtroom,'' court administrator Howard Millings said. ``It's a true fact that Lancaster has not had a civil case tried because of lack of courtrooms and judges and because of the criminal calendar, which takes priority, but that never caused any problem with Lancaster's judiciary to handle cases up until the time of trial to where they are usually assigned out to courts down below,'' Carpenter said. Luros was named the Antelope Valley Bar Association's first Judge of the Year last March, cited for his work in handling civil cases, in additional to a busy criminal calendar. |
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