Rule 50 Calendars

Courts in Hawaiʻi are allowed to set up calendars or schedules to organize criminal cases. This helps judges and court staff keep track of when cases need to be heard and keeps things running in an orderly way.

The rule also says that criminal cases should get priority whenever possible. This means that if a court has to choose between scheduling a criminal case and other types of cases, the criminal case should usually come first. The goal is to make sure criminal matters move forward without unnecessary delay, since these cases often involve someone's freedom or serious legal consequences.