Defendant Present at Pretrial — Counsel Cannot Waive — Division B

Source of truth

"defendant must be present at the Pretrial hearing. Defense Counsel cannot waive a defendant's presence"

Official source: PBC County Court — Division B Instructions (Judge Bryson)
Source health: Healthy · checked October 24, 2026
Effective date: —
Last verified: July 5, 2026Live fetch of official division page — 2026-07-05

Reviewer note: Verified against the live official page on 2026-07-05. 30-day recheck scheduled. Confidence set to medium 2026-09-08 (H3 re-verification): the live official document no longer carries this text verbatim — see the open change_detected task on its source.

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August 6, 2026Monitor: content changed at PBC County Court — Division B Instructions (Judge Bryson). Review before republishing dependent rules.
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July 28, 2026

Defendant Present at Pretrial — Counsel Cannot Waive — Division B

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