Fulton County Superior Court - Atlanta - Georgia

Definition: The number of times cases disposed by trial are scheduled for trial.

Purpose: A court's ability to hold trials on the first date they are scheduled to be heard (trial date certainty) is closely associated with timely case disposition. This measure provides a tool to evaluate the effectiveness of calendaring and continuance practices. For this measure, “trials” includes jury trials, bench trials also known as nonjury trials), and adjudicatory hearings in juvenile cases.

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