Jury trials are a logistical nightmare. The prosecutor must gather all of the state’s witnesses, each of whom has his own life, employment issues and childcare issues. The defense must gather all of the defense witnesses, some of whom must come from outside of the state. The judge, with the help of the bailiffs, must make sure all of the jurors appear in court to hear the testimony of all of the witnesses. The court reporter must be present to take everything down. So, she can create a transcript later. The sheriff is present to provide security in the courtroom, and make sure anyone needed from the jail is transported. If anyone is missing, everything grinds to a halt. Jury trials are a logistical nightmare.
Because of the logistical demands of a jury trial, courts have created court dates known as calendar calls, where criminal cases are called to court, so all attorneys (prosecutors and defense attorneys) can announce if they are actually ready for a jury trial. If the prosecutor or defense attorney is NOT ready to go to trial, the respectiveattorney must explain why he is not ready to go to trial, and when he might expect to be ready to go to trial. Ifboth the prosecutor and defense attorney are ready for jury trial, the judge will either tell both parties: (1) report for jury trial on a date certain; or (2) they are on-call, which means they should be ready in the event that the cases which have actually been called in for trial resolve themselves short of jury trial.
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