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LAST FEW DAYS OF 2010

By "Captain Liberty" and "Rumpole"

It's coming down right to the end of the year and while our favourite federal blogger is mailing it in until the new year (a well deserved rest) the courts of Miami Dade are still open and running right through Thursday. Once again state court employees are expecting a half day on Thursday so if you'r planning to pull a bunch of files from the ninth floor one more time this year just for the heck of it, go early. BRINKSMANSHIPIf you're on the FACDL list-serv (and if you're not, make it you're new years resolution to join) you have been following the travails of a defense attorney who dropped a NOE two weeks ago which expires this week. The last update is that there are not enough jurors to get a full panel this week and the question is how far can the court go and meet the requirement that the trial "begins" before the speedy trial date runs? The case is a capital sexual battery case (why we try cases here that happen in Tallahassee or DC is beyond us) and apparently the state will not be ready until next year...continue to full post

Full post as published by Justice Building Blog on December 29, 2010 (boomark / email).