May 4, 2021

Effective July 1, 2021

In re: 

Repeal of subdivisions 17.25 and 17.26, entitled "Filing to Disposition Time Standards," of Court Operating Rule 17, entitled "Case Processing Time Standards," and in lieu thereof adoption of new subdivisions 17.25 and 17.26, entitled "Filing to Disposition Time Standards," of Court Operating Rule 17, entitled "Case Processing Time Standards."

1.  It is ordered that effective July 1, 2021, subdivisions 17.25 and 17.26 of Court Operating Rule 17 be and the same are hereby repealed and new subdivisions 17.25 and 17.26 of Court Operating Rule 17 adopted in lieu thereof to read as follows:

COURT OPERATING RULE 17 – CASE PROCESSING TIME STANDARDS

17.20 TO 17.27  FILING TO DISPOSITION TIME STANDARDS

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17.25  If a county is in a district where the court has granted relief to the public defender office due to caseload issues, the presiding judge for that court may enter a waiver of compliance with criminal time standards (only associate criminal, only circuit felony or for both classes of cases). If the presiding judge enters a waiver, a copy will be submitted to the state courts administrator, so that all cases disposed during the period of limited availability will be omitted for the purposes of sections 17.40 and 17.45, and a copy will be submitted to the state public defender director.

17.26  (a) Periods of time during which a defendant is in a court-supervised treatment court, from admission through exit, or is being evaluated or hospitalized pursuant to section 552.020, RSMo, shall be excluded from the age of the case that precipitated entry into the treatment court or resulted in the evaluation or hospitalization.

(b) Periods of time during which a defendant is in a deferred prosecution program under section 557.014, RSMo, shall be excluded when calculating the age of an associate criminal or circuit felony case.

2.  It is ordered that notice of this order be published in the Journal of The Missouri Bar.

3.  It is ordered that this order be published in the South Western Reporter.

4. The state courts administrator shall provide copies of this order to every presiding circuit court judge and circuit clerk and such other persons as the administrator deems appropriate.