In Re Certification of Need for Add. Judges

842 So.2d 100 (2003)

In re CERTIFICATION OF NEED FOR ADDITIONAL JUDGES.

No. SC02-2568.

Supreme Court of Florida.

February 5, 2003.

Article V, section 9 of the Florida Constitution places an important responsibility on this Court to determine, prior to each year's regular legislative session, the need for increasing or decreasing the number of state judges and the need for redefining the jurisdictional boundaries of the district and circuit courts.[1] The certification process is the mechanism that our constitution establishes for the systematic, uniform assessment of the State's need for judicial…