Trial courts are under constant pressure to move cases through the [justice system]. All judges are fully aware that unless cases are efficiently processed, the burden of backlog begins to choke, and unwanted delays multiply exponentially. One of our primary functions, however, is to make sure that trials are fair. We cannot lose sight of that laudable goal in the name of expediency.

The question of expediency is for legislative, not judicial, consideration.  When expediency is allowed to control judicial conclusions, we shall have abandoned government by rule of law in favor of government by rule of men and our legal foundations will be as shifting as the sands and as changing as is the trend of public opinion.