1. Welcome! 26 th Judicial District of North Carolina Town Hall Meeting Sponsored by In Partnership with The 26 th Judicial District of North Carolina The Charlotte School of Law News14 Carolina

2. The Judicial Branch receives approximately 2% of the overall state budget

3. North Carolina Courts Quick Facts North Carolina ranks second to last in the number of judges per capita at 1.3 FTE per 100,000 population.

4. North Carolina Courts Quick Facts The overall national average is 3.0 FTEs per 100,000 population for general jurisdiction courts and 5.7 for unified courts* * Source: National Center for State Courts, Examining the Work of State Courts, 2006

5. North Carolina Courts Quick Facts In North Carolina, there are 3,147 incoming non-traffic cases filed per judge *Source: National Center for State Courts, Examining the Work of State Courts, 2006

6. North Carolina Courts Quick Facts North Carolina ranks first in the number of incoming criminal cases per 100,000 population *Source: National Center for State Courts, Examining the Work of State Courts, 2006

7. North Carolina Courts Quick Facts North Carolina ranks 50 th in the percentage of justice system funding spent on courts at $62 per person Alaska spends $263 per person. The mean for all states is $116. * Source: Bureau of Justice Statistics, Criminal Justice Expenditure and Employment Extracts Program, 2006

8. Mecklenburg County Courts Quick Facts The Mecklenburg County Courts processes 9.62% of all filings and dispositions in the state (FY2007-08)

9. Mecklenburg County Court Quick Facts Mecklenburg County holds 9.52% of the population of North Carolina (2007)

10. Mecklenburg County Court Quick Facts Mecklenburg County logs approximately 18% of the Violent Crime Index and approximately 15% of the Property Crime Index in the state (2007)

11. Mecklenburg County Court Quick Facts Mecklenburg County receives approximately 7% of the Judicial Branch budget based on FTE positions (FY2007-08)

12. Superior Criminal Caseload Inventory Misdemeanor Appeals Superior Criminal Caseload Inventory Misdemeanor Appeals

13. Superior Criminal Caseload Inventory Misdemeanor Appeals

14. Superior Criminal Caseload Inventory Misdemeanor Appeals Superior Criminal Caseload Inventory Misdemeanor Appeals

15. Superior Criminal Caseload Inventory Felonies

16. Superior Criminal Caseload Inventory-Felonies

17. Superior Court Criminal Caseload Inventory-Felonies

18. Superior Court Civil Trend Analysis

21. Superior Court Civil

23. District Court Criminal Motor Vehicle Cases

25. District Court Criminal Non-Motor Vehicle Cases

27. District Court Criminal Infractions Cases

28. District Court Criminal Infraction Cases

29. Civil Domestic Relations

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