RULE 50. SETTING OF CASESTrial courts shall provide by rule for the setting of cases for trial. Those courts which also try civil cases shall give preference to criminal proceedings as far as practicable. The trial of defendants in custody and defendants whose pretrial liberty is reasonably believed to present unusual risks shall be given preference over other criminal cases.
Uniformity in the setting of cases in the trial courts of this State is impossible to accomplish by rule, because of the diversity of factors involved. The Commission leaves rule-making on setting of dockets to the trial judges, given the priority guidelines that have historically been advanced in this State.