Summary
A panel of judges at The Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association's 2004 Bench-Bar opening educational session, said the main obstacles the state's courts currently face include a lack of funding and legislative support.
(In 2003) case loads have grown at a much faster rate, however the number of judges has stayed the same which means more cases per judge, said Presiding Judge Jay A. Daugherty, reporting on the 16th Judicial Circuit of Missouri. Judge Daugherty spoke to a crowd of several hundred at the conference held at Tan-Tar-A Resort in Lake of the Ozarks.See the full content of this document
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Report On Judiciary Made at Bench-Bar Session
In 2003, Jackson County processed 102,000 cases and collected $1.628 million in fines. But Judge Daugherty said most of those f...
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