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Belknap County attorney reports rising caseloads, more in-office jury trials and a small projected budget overrun
Summary
County Attorney Keith Cormier briefed the Belknap County commissioners on rising case filings, nine jury trials in six months and a planned new prosecutor hire; he said software and copier costs are driving a modest projected budget shortfall.
County Attorney Keith Cormier told the Belknap County Board of Commissioners on May 14 that the county is handling more criminal cases this year than at the same point in recent years and that his office has tried nine cases in the last six months.
“Right now, we've filed 217 cases in Superior Court,” Cormier said, adding that the office is “just over 630 cases for the year,” and that the office is ahead of last year’s pace. He told commissioners the caseload numbers can be misleading because some matters are resolved or dismissed at different court levels.
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