Terms Used In Missouri Laws 477.405

  • Appellate: About appeals; an appellate court has the power to review the judgement of another lower court or tribunal.
  • State: when applied to any of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories, and the words "United States" includes such district and territories. See Missouri Laws 1.020

On or before January 1, 2015, the supreme court of the state of Missouri shall recommend guidelines appropriate for use by the general assembly in determining the need for additional judicial personnel or reallocation of existing personnel in this state, and shall recommend guidelines appropriate for the evaluation of judicial performance. The guidelines shall be filed with the chairs of the house and senate judiciary committees, for distribution to the members of the general assembly, and the court shall file therewith annually* a report measuring and assessing judicial performance in the appellate and circuit courts of this state, including a judicial weighted workload model and a clerical weighted workload model.