Cal. Stds. Jud. Admin., std. 2.30 · Title 2. Standards for Proceedings in the Trial Courts
Judicial comment on verdict or mistrial
Verbatim from the official edition
Text — As posted by the Judicial Council of California (read October 22, 2026)
At the conclusion of a trial, or on declaring a mistrial for failure of a jury to reach a verdict, it is appropriate for the trial judge to thank jurors for their public service, but the judge's comments should not include praise or criticism of the verdict or the failure to reach a verdict.
Notes and commentary — not rule text
History
Standard 2.30 amended and renumbered effective January 1, 2007; adopted as sec. 14 effective January 1, 1976.
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/standards/standard2_30
- Text hash
- sha256 62f9ab510dbe605a5dc6e4b74475aff6bfd059e7b6c72af78c5a70a702574ee5
- 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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