No Fastpass in Traffic Court: County resumes in-person hearings
Scott Cousins, scousins@thetelegraph.com
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EDWARDSVILLE Madison County courts resumed limited in-person hearings Monday with a busy Traffic Court.
Normally one of the largest court dockets, Traffic Court also is known for efficiently processing cases.
Because of the pandemic and nearly a year since Chief Circuit Judge William Mudge began limiting courtroom activities, things have moved slowly and a backlog has been created, according to Associate Judge Ryan Jumper.
Jumper was overseeing his first Traffic Court Monday after serving in family court.
“This is the people’s house,” Jumper said. “We serve them, and that service has been hampered in the last year. We are being innovative, and we are working hard to reopen so that no matter how long this continues we will have a process and procedure in place to keep things moving.”
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