Learn how to file a “motion” (a written request for some type of relief) to get your case – or part of your case - in front of the judge for a decision. You can use motions to try to resolve the case completely. Or you can use them to resolve some specific issue before trial.
Rule 11. The Forensics Services Division evaluates defendants for competency in criminal cases. If found competent, they return to trial court; if found incompetent but restorable, they receive treatment in a Restoration to Competency (RTC) program or an Outpatient Treatment Program.
A motion is an application to the court made by the prosecutor or defense attorney, requesting that the court make a decision on a certain issue before the trial begins. The motion can affect the trial, courtroom, defendants, evidence, or testimony. Only judges decide the outcome of motions.
Every matter submitted for determination to a judge of the superior court for decision shall be determined and a ruling made not later than sixty days from submission thereof, in ance with Section 21. Article VI of the Arizona Constitution.
Every matter submitted for determination to a judge of the superior court for decision shall be determined and a ruling made not later than sixty days from submission thereof, in ance with Section 21. Article VI of the Arizona Constitution.
When federal district court judges have been sitting on a motion for more than six months, or when a case is older than three years, those motions and cases are added to a public list commonly known as the Six-Month List. See, Civil Justice Reform Act of 1990.
(c) Timing. A party desiring reconsideration of a decision must file a motion for reconsideration in the appellate court within 15 days after the appellate court enters its decision. A party may amend a motion for reconsideration only with the appellate court's permission.
P. 7. Only these pleadings are allowed: a complaint; an answer to a complaint; a counterclaim; an answer to a counterclaim designated as a counterclaim; an answer to a crossclaim; a third-party complaint; an answer to a third-party complaint; and, if the court orders one, a reply to an answer.
Motions to continue are not automatically granted. There must be a showing of good cause for the continuance to be granted. Do not assume your motion to continue was granted just because you filed a motion.
There is no set number because there are any number of reasons a continuance could be asked for.