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mated the expense, he said.
But Del. Raymond R. Guest Jr. (R-31st) says the court should go ahead as planned.
“I think it probably ought to have a chance to work,” he says.
Del. Robert T. Andrews (R-33rd) agrees.
“The concept is still sound and the need for it is still there,” he says. “Justice delayed is justice denied.”
Statistics support the view that justice is being delayed.
While the number of petitions to the state supreme court increased five-fold between 1961 and 1981, the court heard a smaller percentage of cases.
Not only that, but it takes 12 months and 12 days on the average for the court to render decisions in criminal cases, and two-and-ahalf years in civil appeals, according to the 1982 State of the Judiciary report, prepared each year by the supreme court.
Nevertheless, Sen. William A. Truban (R-27th), one of the eight committee members to oppose court ftinding, says the court isn’t needed.
“I don’t like the appeals court. It’s just a great move to spend a lot of money,” he says.
Truban says he’d rather see the supreme court expanded from nine to 12 justices, and see the local courts improved “so they can get more work done.”
Sen. Charles L. Waddell (D-33rd) says he is “for the court 100 percent,” but may
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