NC 2019-2020 Report Final

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PERSON COUNTY

2019-2020

Person County is in the 9 th District Court District and the 11 th Prosecutorial District. The prosecutorial district covers five counties with 15 assistant district attorneys while there are five District Court judges who cover 3 ½

counties in the district. Person County has one courtroom that hears the DWI cases for the county. Multiple

ADAs may collect discovery and attend hearings as the case progresses as well as several different judges. There is not a lot of turnover in the ADAs office which allows them to become more proficient at the

complicated DWI trials. There is one volunteer who attends court at least once a week since early 2019. Our

volunteer noted that continuances are a common occurrence, and it is not always clear why the request was made by either the defense or the prosecution.

Person County Disposition 2019-2020

300

241

250

200

150

100

33

50

9

0

0

Guilty

Not Guilty

Dismissed Unable to determine dispostion

Person County

2+ yrs

0-1 yrs 46%

1-2 yrs 42%

Wake 0-1 yrs 1-2 yrs 2+ yrs

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