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Chief Justice McDonald briefs House Judiciary Committee on caseload, security and staffing pressures
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Chief Justice Gordon McDonald and Judicial Branch staff told the House Judiciary Committee the courts face growing workloads from youth-development cases, rising security threats, indigent defense shortfalls and new magistrate duties, while the branch advances digital evidence and text-notification pilots.
Chief Justice Gordon McDonald told the House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday that New Hampshire’s courts are managing rising workload and security pressures while implementing several initiatives to improve access and efficiency.
McDonald, joined by Aaron Cregan, general counsel for the judicial branch, gave an overview of court structure, filings and recent changes that included the creation of magistrates and renewed efforts to move toward fully digital case management. “We are comprised of two trial courts, circuit court and superior court, and one appellate court, the supreme court,” McDonald said in his opening remarks.
The judicial branch reported calendar-year 2023 volumes of more than 100,000 filings in the circuit court and roughly…
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