Greene County Court of Common Pleas, General Division Adjournment & Extension Requirements

A trial continuance motion must be in writing and state the reason for the requested continuance.

The Court will not grant a motion for continuance of a trial date without the motion being in writing, stating the reason for the continuance.

A continuance of a conference, hearing, or trial requires a timely written request stating the reasons, filed before the proceeding, and no proceeding may be cancelled or postponed without prior Court approval.

I. No continuance of any conference, hearing, or trial shall be granted unless prior to the proceeding, a written request is timely filed stating the reasons for the continuance. No proceeding will be cancelled or postponed without previous Court approval. Failure to appear at a criminal proceeding when scheduled may result in sanctions being imposed.

A continuance motion based on a conflict with another court must include a file-stamped copy of the other court’s scheduling notice when that notice preceded the scheduling of the proceeding in this court.

If the request for a continuance is due to a conflict with another court, the motion must have an attached a file-stamped copy of the other court’s scheduling notice, which notice was set before the scheduling of the proceeding in this Court.

When defense counsel requests that a previously scheduled criminal proceeding be reset or rescheduled, the defendant is deemed to have consented to the new date and waived speedy-trial requirements through that date, and the court’s scheduling entry will record the waiver.

If counsel for the defendant requests that a previously scheduled criminal proceeding be reset or rescheduled, the Court will do so with the understanding that the defendant has consented to the date and waived any speedy trial requirements up to the date selected for the defendant. A scheduling entry prepared by the Court will reflect the waiver of speedy trial for the time of delay.

The court may reduce or extend the stated motion-service periods on a party’s motion for good cause.

The Court may reduce or enlarge these periods of time upon motion of a party and for good cause.

The Prosecuting Attorney may request a Grand Jury case-presentation continuance beyond 60 days in accordance with Rule of Superintendence 39.

A request for a continuance of a case presentation to the Grand Jury beyond the sixty (60) day limit may be filed by the Prosecuting Attorney in accordance with Rule of Superintendence 39.

The Court may grant an arraignment continuance for good cause, and a defendant’s continuance request waives speedy-trial time until arraignment is completed.

A continuance of the arraignment may be granted, for good cause, at the discretion of the Court. Speedy trial time will be waived in if the request for the continuance is by the defendant until the arraignment has been completed.