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The Sacramento County Public Defender provides criminal defense services for those unable to afford private counsel. The current public defender is Amanda M. Benson. For cases where the public defender has a legal conflict or is otherwise unable to provide services, services are provided by a group of private attorneys compensated by the Court.
New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division (4 departments) [234] New York Supreme Court (13 judicial districts) [235] New York County Court (57 courts, one for each county outside New York City) [236] New York Surrogate's Court; New York Family Court; New York Court of Claims [237] New York City courts. New York City Criminal Court; New York ...
(In the Circuit Court of Cook County, which contains Chicago and is the largest of the 24 circuits in Illinois, circuit judges are elected from the entire county or as resident judges from each of the fifteen subcircuits within the county.) Associate judges are appointed by circuit judges, under Supreme Court rules, for four-year terms.
Two new judges for Sacramento County were among 16 appointees named this week by Gov. Gavin Newsom to superior courts around the state. Philip Ferrari, 52, of Sacramento, and Satnam Rattu, 42, of ...
Civil cases appealed from the Illinois Appellate Court are heard by the Supreme Court of Illinois upon the grant of a Petition for Leave to Appeal under Illinois Supreme Court Rule 315, [11] a Certificate of Importance under Illinois Supreme Court Rule 316, [12] or a Petition for Appeal as a Matter of Right under Illinois Supreme Court Rule 317 ...
Another quirk is that because the superior courts are now fully unified with all courts of inferior jurisdiction, the superior courts must hear relatively minor cases that previously would have been heard in such inferior courts, such as infractions, misdemeanors, "limited civil" actions (actions where the amount in controversy is below $35,000), and "small claims" actions.
Unlike the Supreme Court, where one justice is specifically nominated to be chief, the office of chief judge rotates among the district court judges. To be chief, a judge must have been in active service on the court for at least one year, be under the age of 65, and have not previously served as chief judge.
Marshall County Court House: County: Plymouth: 1870-1882 NRHP-listed (refnum). Martin County Courthouse: Martin: Shoals: 1876 NRHP-listed (refnum 5000604). Miami County Courthouse: Miami: Peru: NRHP-listed (refnum 8000194). Monroe County Courthouse: Monroe: Bloomington: 1908 NRHP-listed (refnum 76000012). Morgan County Courthouse: Morgan ...