{"id":97,"date":"2018-03-18T19:14:05","date_gmt":"2018-03-18T23:14:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fanneylaw.lawblogger.net\/blog\/?p=97"},"modified":"2020-08-01T14:10:39","modified_gmt":"2020-08-01T18:10:39","slug":"why-do-they-schedule-court-like-that","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fanneylaw.com\/blog\/why-do-they-schedule-court-like-that\/","title":{"rendered":"Why do they schedule court like that?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"video-wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"lazyload\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/P2V6ie8cEyg\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe>\n<\/div>\n<p>The North Carolina court system is busy. . .really busy.\u00a0 Raleigh criminal defense lawyers like John Fanney spend a tremendous amount of time working through scheduling issues.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Part of legal representation as a defense lawyer is explaining to clients a simple, hard fact.\u00a0 We do NOT control the docket.\u00a0 The State of North Carolina does.\u00a0 They get to call cases when they want to call cases &#8211; John Fanney<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>It doesn&#8217;t matter <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fanneylaw.com\/blog\/whats-the-difference-between-a-felony-and-a-misdemeanor\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">felony vs. misdemeanor<\/a> or Superior Criminal Court or District Court, the State through the Wake County District Attorney&#8217;s Office wields an\u00a0<strong>incredibly powerful<\/strong> tool.\u00a0 Control of the calendar, choosing which criminal defense charge to call and when is a tremendous tactical advantage.<\/p>\n<div class=\"read_more_link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fanneylaw.com\/blog\/why-do-they-schedule-court-like-that\/\"  title=\"Continue Reading Why do they schedule court like that?\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\ufeff The North Carolina court system is busy. . .really busy.\u00a0 Raleigh criminal defense lawyers like John Fanney spend a tremendous amount of time working through scheduling issues. Part of legal representation as a defense lawyer is explaining to clients a simple, hard fact.\u00a0 We do NOT control the docket.\u00a0 The State of North Carolina [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":518,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[6,7,61,44,66,45],"class_list":["post-97","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-dwi-dui-impaired-driving","tag-criminal-court","tag-fanney-law-office","tag-john-fanney-lawyer","tag-raleigh-dwi-lawyer","tag-trials","tag-wake-county-dui-attorney"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Why do they schedule court like that?<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"When do I expect in court? Am I able to get a continuance? It seems confusing. 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