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CUMBERLAND COUNTY
2019-2020
Cumberland County is in the 12 th District Court District and the 14 th Prosecutorial District of North Carolina. There are several courtrooms that hear DWI cases which leads to many different assistant district attorneys
and judges handling all the cases. There is one volunteer who attends court once per week to observe
impaired driving cases. Large dockets and multiple continuances are often the cause of more than half of the cases taking up to two years to reach a final disposition. The volunteer has seen all cases in one courtroom
continued despite defendants and officers being present and most of the time is not able to hear the reason for
the continuance. There is a lot of waiting as defense attorneys have cases in different courtrooms at the same time which slows down the ability to keep the cases moving along in the judicial process. The volunteer will
sometimes move to a different courtroom in hopes of finding cases that will be heard for a plea, motion, or trial.
Cumberland County Disposition 2019-2020
250
223
200
150
76
100
44
50
0
0
Guilty
Not Guilty
Dismissed
Unable to determine dispostion
Cumberland County - Case Age
2+ yrs 7%
0-1 yrs 37%
1-2 yrs 56%
0-1 yrs 1-2 yrs 2+ yrs
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