Description
Statutes or court rules establish criminal terms of court, at which the principal criminal business is done. Local practice may or may not allow the handling of particular phases of criminal cases out of term, such as the hearing and disposition of pretrial motions or the entry of a guilty plea and reference of the defendant for presentence investigation. Magistrates and justices of the peace ordinarily sit continually throughout the year; and in the courts of record, matters that are handled by ancillary procedures such as habeas corpus are never confined to the criminal terms.
First Page
1311
Source Publication
Trial Manual 11 for the Defense of Criminal Cases
Source Editors/Authors
Anthony G. Amsterdam, Randy A. Hertz
Publication Date
2026
Document Type
Chapter
Edition
11
Rights & Restrictions
CC BY-NC-ND 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
Recommended Citation
Anthony G. Amsterdam & Randy A. Hertz,
Chapter 28 - Defense Motions To Advance or for a Continuance; Motions To Dismiss for Want of Prosecution; Speedy Trial Motions,
Trial Manual 11 for the Defense of Criminal Cases
1311
(2026).
Available at:
https://gretchen.law.nyu.edu/tmdcc/34
