Remote Appearance Only on Good Cause; No Arraignment Transport — Criminal E

High confidence· verified August 4, 2026Remote / Zoom Hearings13th Jud. Cir., Judge Tibbals Judicial Practices & Procedures (mod. June 4, 2025) — PDF

Summary

Judge Tibbals: good cause must be established to appear remotely in his criminal division, and in-custody defendants are not transported to arraignment.

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Florida > Thirteenth Judicial Circuit > Hillsborough County > Circuit Criminal Division E (Judge Wesley D. Tibbals)

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Source of truth

"good cause must be established in order to appear remotely." / "In-custody defendants will not be transported to Arraignment." / "Platform Used: The court uses Zoom for remote appearances."

Official source: 13th Cir. — Judge Tibbals (Crim E) Judicial Practices & Procedures — PDF
Source health: Healthy · checked September 3, 2026
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Last verified: August 4, 2026benchpath-cw-2026-08-04

Reviewer note: Cross-model verified (accordion + PDF veins) 2026-07-05. 30-day recheck scheduled. | 2026-08-03: the source (PDF text layer) no longer contains this rule's quoted text; dropped to medium pending re-composition against the current version. [RECOMPOSED VERBATIM 2026-08-04 (campaign wave, fully-anchored): 2 bullet(s) quoted whole from the live page, sha256 021a7d8f708f22bfba561d595c23227a47fb57c1c350f6df0619e0626c4c3f4c; the prior summary-class text is superseded.]

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August 4, 2026Monitor: content changed at 13th Cir. — Judge Tibbals (Crim E) Judicial Practices & Procedures — PDF. Review before republishing dependent rules.
July 14, 2026Monitor: content changed at 13th Cir. — Judge Tibbals (Crim E) Judicial Practices & Procedures — PDF. Review before republishing dependent rules.

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