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     631.021 Speedy criminal trials; case disposition 
  objectives. 

    The judges of each judicial district must adopt and 
 administer rules or procedures to ensure that, on and after July 
 1, 1997, the following timing objectives for the disposition of 
 criminal cases are met by judges within the district: 

    (1) 90 percent of all criminal cases must be disposed of 
 within 120 days; 

    (2) 97 percent of all criminal cases must be disposed of 
 within 180 days; and 

    (3) 99 percent of all criminal cases must be disposed of 
 within 365 days. 

    The time periods referred to in clauses (1) to (3) must be 
 measured from the date the criminal complaint is filed, to the 
 date the defendant is either found not guilty or is sentenced.  
 If the criminal case begins by indictment rather than by 
 criminal complaint, the time period must be measured from the 
 date the indictment is returned. 

    HIST: 1989 c 335 art 3 s 39; 1994 c 636 art 8 s 16 

Copyright 2005 by the Office of Revisor of Statutes, State of Minnesota.