Seven years ago, the Indiana Supreme Court’s Division of State Court Administration (Division) launched the Indiana Courts Online Reports system, and today the system is getting a fresh upgrade. This application, known as ICOR, was built to allow all reporting courts to complete and file electronically the required statistical reports directly into the application. In the days before ICOR, trial courts submitted p … [Read more...] about ICOR Revisited
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If You Build It, They Will Use It
The Indiana Supreme Court Judicial Technology and Automation Committee (JTAC) has provided software to the state’s trial courts since 2005, when the first INcite application for commercial driver violation filings was launched. Since then, INcite has grown to include 16 web applications used by courts, clerks, probation offices, law enforcement, and other agencies. JTAC’s ongoing installation of the Odyssey Case Man … [Read more...] about If You Build It, They Will Use It
2010 Trial Court Statistics
New filings in Indiana trial courts remain just below the two million mark. The number of newly filed cases is just one statistic available in the 1,782 page, multi-volume report, which includes everything from crucial information on court operations to interesting facts about the judicial branch. The report can be found online at http://courts.in.gov/admin/2865.htm. The Judicial Service Report is made up of Volume … [Read more...] about 2010 Trial Court Statistics
Slamming the Door on One Size Fits All
A new approach to sentencing, community supervision, and public safety in Indiana In 2010, Indiana became the 19th state to receive technical assistance from the Pew Center on the States’ Public Safety Performance Project. The Pew Center provided the technical assistance in partnership with the Council of State Governments Justice Center (CSG) to use a justice reinvestment approach in Indiana to reduce spending on c … [Read more...] about Slamming the Door on One Size Fits All
The Dangling Docket
Most courts, without even knowing it, encounter an annoying “dangling docket.” Every court in the state reports its docket of cases to the Division of State Court Administration on the Quarterly Case Status Report (QCSR). Each case is counted and noted as being filed, pending or disposed. A frequent question from the courts is: “When can a case be disposed?” Courts can readily label as “disposed” cases concluded af … [Read more...] about The Dangling Docket