Cal. Rules of Court, rule 3.1550 · Article 4. Rules Applicable to All Expedited Jury Trials
Time limits
Text — As posted by the Judicial Council of California (read October 22, 2026)
Including jury voir dire, each side will be allowed five hours to present its case, including opening statements and closing arguments, unless the court, upon a finding of good cause, allows additional time. The amount of time allotted for each side includes the time that the side spends on cross-examination. The parties are encouraged to streamline the trial process by limiting the number of live witnesses. The goal is to complete an expedited jury trial within two trial days.
Notes and commentary — not rule text
History
Rule 3.1550 amended effective July 1, 2016; adopted effective January 1, 2011.
Source of truth
- Edition
- As posted by the Judicial Council of California (read October 22, 2026)
- Official file
- https://courts.ca.gov/cms/rules/index/three/rule3_1550
- Text hash
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- Composed by
- compose_crc.py 2026-10-22: the Judicial Council's rule pages read paragraph by paragraph; verify_crc.py's second reading of the Council's per-title PDFs finds every paragraph
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