Shiny Happy People. An elderly patient admitted into the E.R. for a heart condition sees a familiar face, a long lost love who happens to be in the E.R. as well for a fractured arm, and the staff find ...
A writ of certiorari is a petition for appeal to a higher court as of discretion to be granted by the higher court and not an appeal by right. Writs are generally filed as extraordinary relief requesting court intervention at the higher level to settle an issue at the lower court.
Posted April 4, 2010 5:23pm. Granting a delay, generally called a continuance, is at the discretion of the judge. You must show good cause for the continuance which satisfies the judge for a judge to grant a trial continuance. You will have to agree to waiving your right to speedy trial which will restart the speedy trial clock.