{"id":102933,"date":"2021-07-30T13:49:14","date_gmt":"2021-07-30T20:49:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/?p=102933"},"modified":"2021-07-30T13:49:14","modified_gmt":"2021-07-30T20:49:14","slug":"presiding-judge-announces-another-2-week-deadline-extension-in-criminal-cases","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/2021\/07\/30\/presiding-judge-announces-another-2-week-deadline-extension-in-criminal-cases\/","title":{"rendered":"Presiding judge announces another 2-week deadline extension in criminal cases"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Judge-gavel-COVID.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-102723\" src=\"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Judge-gavel-COVID.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Judge-gavel-COVID.jpg 960w, https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Judge-gavel-COVID-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Judge-gavel-COVID-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Citing a rise in COVID-19 infection rates, the presiding judge of Los Angeles County&#8217;s court system Friday announced an extension of deadlines in criminal trials and hearings to determine if there is enough evidence to require a defendant to stand trial.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement, Presiding Judge Eric C. Taylor said, &#8220;Health and safety are the court&#8217;s top priorities.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He noted that it is &#8220;imperative that all court users monitor and comply with public health mandates and the court&#8217;s mandatory face mask requirement,&#8221; which is already in effect.<\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center; margin-top: 20px; margin-bottom: 20px; \" id=\"theav-694125307\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-4504301096758439\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4504301096758439\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"5907184250\" \ndata-ad-layout=\"in-article\"\ndata-ad-format=\"fluid\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8220;We must protect ourselves and each other during this fourth COVID-19 surge in our county. We will continue to closely monitor this public health crisis and respond accordingly,&#8221; Taylor said.<\/p>\n<p>The latest order allows for:<\/p>\n<p>&#8212; the time within which a criminal trial must be held to be extended by up to 30 days in cases in which the statutory deadline would otherwise fall between July 17 and Aug. 13;<\/p>\n<p>&#8212; the time for a preliminary hearing following arraignment to be extended from 10 court days to no more than 30 court days until Aug. 13;<\/p>\n<p>&#8212; pretrial hearings in misdemeanor cases set between July 17 and Aug. 13 for out-of-custody defendants to be extended by 90 calendar days unless statutorily required to be held sooner and the defendant does not consent to a continuance.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Citing a rise in COVID-19 infection rates, the presiding judge of Los Angeles County&#8217;s court system Friday announced an extension of deadlines in criminal trials and hearings to determine if there is enough evidence to require a defendant to stand trial. In a statement, Presiding Judge Eric C. Taylor said, &#8220;Health and safety are the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":102723,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[719,1499,1496],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102933"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=102933"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102933\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/102723"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=102933"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=102933"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=102933"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}