LR18-CR00-DLR-0006 CRIMINAL PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE

The following case numbers shall be used for crimes committed on or before June 30, 2014: Felonies, which include MR (Murder), FA (Class A felony), FB (Class B felony), FC (Class C felony), FD (Class D felony), MC (Miscellaneous Criminal), and misdemeanors in conjunction with Murder, or A, B, C felonies or D felonies. The following case numbers shall be used for crimes committed on or after July 1, 2014: MR (Murder); F1 (Level 1 felony); F2 (Level 2 felony); F3 (Level 3 felony); F4 (Level 4 felony); L5 (Level 5 felony); F6 (Level 6 felony), MC (Miscellaneous Criminal), and misdemeanors in conjunction with Level 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 felonies.

All felonies, charging Murder, Levels 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 will be assigned to the appropriate court based upon the month in which the offense is alleged to have occurred.

The following monthly rotation is now established, effective October 1, 2019:

• Circuit Court No. 2 - the first month (October 1, 2019)
• Circuit Court No. 3 - the second month;
• Circuit Court No. 4 - the third month;
• Circuit Court No. 5 - the fourth month;
• Circuit Court No. 1 - the fifth month.

Thereafter, the monthly rotation among the courts will continue in this sequence until further order.

(1) If a felony case is pending against a defendant, a misdemeanor shall be filed in or transferred into the Division of the Circuit Court that holds the highest pending felony charge, regardless of when the misdemeanor crime was allegedly committed.

(2) If no felony cases are pending against the Defendant, the misdemeanor will be filed or transferred into in the Delaware Circuit Court No. 4 or No. 5 under the following rotation schedule:

(a) Circuit Court No. 4: January, March, May, July, September and November;