How do you check the schedule for the court hearings?

Question

I want to spectate a court hearing, but I only want to spectate the interesting ones when I have time. I know I can walk into any court and spectate it as long as it's a public trial.

Having that said, how do you actually check the schedule for the district couts, circuits courts of appeal and the supreme court? Is there a schedule you can see online, or do you have to call the court to know the schedule or is there any other way?

For instance, I live in wyoming and I want to know what court hearings are there on the website http://www.courts.state.wy.us/, but could not find any schedule.

And while I'm at it, I want to know if any cases related to murder are typically open or closed trials.

Answer 1

Contact the clerk of the courts office.

Actually, the Court Administrator's office in my county prepares a weekly listing of scheduled cases.

We have a court system with federal and state courts. In addition, there is the "minor judiciary" consisting of courts of justices of the peace or district magistrates.

Different states and different counties within the states have different amounts of information posted on the internet. Urban counties typically have more information on the internet than do rural counties.

Generally all criminal cases are open. If there is a guilty plea, there will just be a sentencing hearing. All juvenile court cases are closed.