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CITY OF YAKIMA MUNICIPAL COURT

MISSION STATEMENT . The Yakima Municipal Court is committed to the highest standard of conduct to preserve the integrity and independence of the judiciary. We recognize our duty to provide impartial and accurate information making the court process trustworthy and consistent. We strive to maintain the dignity and respect to the people and entities we serve..

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CITY OF YAKIMA MUNICIPAL COURT

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    1. CITY OF YAKIMA MUNICIPAL COURT Presentation to the Budget Strategy Team March 4th, 2005

    2. MISSION STATEMENT The Yakima Municipal Court is committed to the highest standard of conduct to preserve the integrity and independence of the judiciary. We recognize our duty to provide impartial and accurate information making the court process trustworthy and consistent. We strive to maintain the dignity and respect to the people and entities we serve.

    3. YAKIMA MUNICIPAL COURT ORGANIZATIONAL CHART - 2005

    4. STAFF TO JUDGE RATIO MUNICPAL COURT COMPARISON BASED ON 2003 CASELOAD REPORT

    5. WASHINGTON STATE COURT SYSTEM - 2005 APPELLATE COURTS Supreme Court - Court of Appeals GENERAL JURISDICTION TRIAL COURTS Superior Court LIMITED JURISDICTION TRIAL COURTS District Courts - Municipal Courts

    6. COURTS OF LIMITED JURISDICTION District Courts – 44 courts established in 39 counties in 56 locations Municipal Courts – 125 courts established by cities Yakima Municipal Court established in 1997

    7. MUNICIPAL COURT JURISDICTION Offenses Committed Within the City Limits Criminal and Traffic Misdemeanors and Gross Misdemeanors Civil Traffic Infractions Civil Non Traffic Infractions Animal Control Parking Juvenile Curfew/Tobacco Violations Other Civil Hearings Vehicle Impound Animal Impound

    8. 2004 CASELOAD Yakima Municipal Court 20,332 violations filed Criminal – 3,583 Criminal Traffic – 2,850 including DUI violations Infractions – 13, 890 including parking violations Other Civil cases – 9 vehicle/animal impound

    9. PUBLIC SAFETY DOMESTIC VIOLENCE 30% of all female homicide victims are killed by a current or former intimate partner DRIVING WHILE UNDER THE INFLUENCE 37 % of all traffic fatalities are alcohol related These two crimes alone represent 24% of criminal caseload

    10. UNFUNDED MANDATES Various mandates are constantly and consistently imposed on Courts of Limited Jurisdiction by the state legislature. Such mandates result in additional costs to those courts that are not covered by additional funding.

    11. INTERPRETER MANDATE State mandate to provide Court Certified Interpreters for non-English speaking or hearing impaired defendants. Compensation and expenses are administrative costs to the court.

    12. PUBLIC DEFENDER MANDATE Constitutional mandate requires the city to provide indigent persons with legal representation 77% of defendants qualify for public defender

    13. WITNESS AND JUROR MANDATES State mandate to provide compensation and mileage. ($10.00 per day and 40 ˝ cents per mile)

    14. STATUTORY MANDATORY MINIMUM JAIL SENTENCES State mandates that DUI, DWLS 1, Possession of Marijuana < 40 grams and Possession of Drug Paraphernalia be punished by jail time that can not be suspended or deferred.

    15. COURT FUNDING Currently, Washington ranks 50th out of the 50 states in this country in state government contribution from the general fund for judicial and legal services, including prosecution and indigent defense.

    16. COURT FUNDING Together, counties and cities pay for 86.7% of the cost of the trial courts. Counties and cities pay for 100% of the criminal indigent defense services. District courts are funded exclusively by counties. Municipal courts are funded exclusively by cities.

    17. Trial courts collected nearly $176 million In 2002 from filing fees, infraction penalties and statutory assessments. Nearly $66 million was forwarded to the state’s Public Safety and Education Account. The remainder, approximately $110 million, was retained by local governments. INCOME OF THE COURT

    18. INCOME OF THE COURT

    19. PROBATION SERVICES DIVISION Consolidation of Yakima Municipal Court probation services and Yakima County District Court probation services is currently being studied as a means of delivering such services to our community more efficiently and cost-effectively.

    20. PROBATION FEES By state law, ALL revenue collected by probation services may only be used to fund probation services. User fees are also capped by state law.

    21. SENTENCING ALTERNATIVES TO JAIL Day Detention Electronic Home Monitoring – eligibility criteria set by state law Community Service – being explored in consolidation study of probation services with Yakima County

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