Court Opinion

ID: 9578895
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-21 21:49:32.05145+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T13:33:31.990841
License: Public Domain

Hall, Justice,
concurring.
Rule 42 of the Rules of the Superior Court assumes that the docket is the "judge’s docket” and shall remain under his control. Code Ann. § 24-3342. Canon 3 (B) (1), Georgia Code of Judicial Conduct, recognizes that it is the judge’s obligation to organize the court for a prompt and convenient dispatch of its business. 231 Ga. A-5. See also *267the Standards of the American Bar Association relating to The Administration of Criminal Justice: Standards, The Function of the Trial Judge, § 3.8, pp. 170 and 182; Standards, The Prosecution Function §§ 1.1 and 5.1, pp. 83 and 94. This broad control over the docket makes it possible for the judge to meet the requirements of justice that criminal cases be called before civil cases, that defendants in custody be tried before those on pre-trial release and that all defendants be given a speedy trial. Formal adoption of these Standards "would be of benefit in focusing the attention of the judges on these factors when they are preparing the docket.” Comparative Analysis of the American Bar Association Standards For Criminal Justice with Georgia Laws, Rules and Legal Practice, IX, 13-14.
In my opinion the information requested by the trial judge is necessary to the efficient administration of criminal justice in Georgia.