I was curious about the local court and if I could see their schedule.
I could. They print a pdf, maybe daily, with the details of what is going on in all the court rooms. There are a lot of courts. And there is a lot of things going on.
It was not unusual for a 9:00 am time to have four or more pre-trial hearings. Maybe they don't take a lot of time and gather them all there and dispense a bit of justice.
Other items were "Continued Jury Trial" and that might be the only thing scheduled for the afternoon.
A lot of details are in each entry. I was looking at the criminal section. You have the names of the defendant, the various attorneys and then a list of all the charges. The charges are all noted by the California penal code, by code, which is the section for an offense and then the paragraphs with a bit more details.
It looked from my small sample that it was not uncommon to charge the defendant with 20 or more items. Maybe this is "throw a whole bunch of stuff at the wall and maybe some will stick," or maybe this is the careful construction of specific details to properly ascertain what is reasonably provable.
But I kind of doubt the careful crafting bit. Very little of what I have seen in re the wheels of justice seem to be guided by careful craftsmen and craftswomen and craftspersons. But I must admit that my sample is quite small.
Now the reason I went looking is that as I mentioned, I am curious about all of this. I was considering the law when I was very young. And police work also had some interest. Fortunately I dodged all of that and found my proper niche, but one might wonder "What if?" But I would like to watch a trial.
I have the intention to wander over when golf is rained out. That will not be for months, but perhaps one of my golf free Thursdays will lead me there.
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