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Section 7 (Rules 7.01 to 7.06): counsel encouraged to meet and resolve matters before the pretrial conference, the prosecution to deliver a formal offer before the readiness conference (7.01); pretrial motions under California Rules of Court, Rule 4.111, moving papers not timely filed deemed waived, a failure to serve or file opposition deemed a waiver of any objections and an admission, authority other than California law attached and tabbed as exhibits, motions to continue disfavored and denied without affirmative proof under Penal Code Section 1050 (7.03); trial dates generally set approximately thirty (30) days from the pretrial conference or first appearance of counsel (7.04); and a trial readiness conference generally held within two (2) weeks prior to the jury trial date, the defense counsel trying the case present to insure the defendant(s) presence, and after confirmation of the jury trial the court not to accept any disposition other than dismissal of the complaint in its entirety by the People or a plea of guilty to the complaint in its entirety (7.05).
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SECTION 7 CRIMINAL RULES - MISDEMEANOR PRETRIAL CONFERENCE AND PRETRIAL PROCEEDINGS RULE 7.01 NEGOTIATIONS PRIOR TO PRETRIAL CONFERENCE (A) Counsel are strongly encouraged to meet and discuss actions informally in an attempt to resolve matters prior to the pretrial conference. (B) Prosecution should deliver to defense counsel a formal offer for resolution prior to the day of readiness conference. (C) Defense counsel should appear at the pretrial conference having already discussed the case and prosecution's offer with the defendant. (Amended, effective 7/1/97) RULE 7.02 RESERVED RULE 7.03 PRETRIAL MOTIONS (A) All Statutory and Rules of Court procedures control, and the court hereby incorporates by reference the requirements of California Rules of Court, Rule 4.111 pertaining to the making and timing of pretrial motions and opposition thereto, in Superior Courts. (B) In the event that the moving papers are not timely filed for the assigned hearing date without good cause demonstrated, the motion may be deemed waived by the moving party. (C) Failure to serve or file papers in opposition to a motion or other application to the court for an order, other than an ex-parte application, may, in the court's discretion, be deemed a waiver of any objections and an admission that the motion or other application is meritorious. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in any matter in which the opposition is based upon a factual dispute, only, as distinguished from a disputed legal issue, opposition papers shall not be required. (D) If any authority other than California cases, statutes, constitutional provisions or State or local rules is cited in any Motion or Memorandum of Points and Authorities, a copy shall be attached to the papers in which the authorities are cited and tabbed as exhibits. If a California case is cited before the time it is published in the Advance Sheets of the Official Reports, a copy of that case shall also be attached and be tabbed. (E) Motions to continue any hearing, including trial, are disfavored and shall be denied unless the moving party, pursuant to and in accordance with Penal Code Section 1050, presents affirmative proof that the ends of justice require a continuance. A stipulation by all parties to continue a hearing does not constitute good cause, by itself. Substitution of counsel does not automatically constitute good cause for a continuance. (F) Reserved (Amended, effective 1/1/07) RULE 7.04 TRIAL SETTINGS Trial dates will generally be set at the first appearance of counsel or at the pretrial conference. Generally, the court will select a trial date approximately thirty (30) days from the pretrial conference or first appearance of counsel. (Amended, effective 7/1/97) RULE 7.05 PRETRIAL CALENDAR (A) All counsel shall attend a trial readiness conference, generally held within two (2) weeks prior to the jury trial date, prepared to indicate to the court a readiness to proceed to jury trial. The obligations of the parties and counsel are as set forth in California Rules of Court, Rule 4.112 pertaining to Superior Courts, and incorporated herein by this reference. (B) Defense counsel trying the case shall be present at the trial readiness conference. Defense counsel shall insure the defendant(s) presence. (C) Both sides shall be fully prepared and able to discuss the facts of the case and the availability of witnesses for trial. The trial readiness conference shall not be continued without actual good cause shown, as defined in Penal Code Section 1050. It is the policy of the court to conduct one trial readiness conference for each case. (D) The court will be prepared to accept dispositions at the trial readiness conference. Following confirmation of the jury trial, the court will not accept any dispositions other than dismissal of the complaint in its entirety by the People, or a plea of guilty to the complaint in its entirety by the defendant(s). This practice is adopted due to the fact that this court orders a jury panel for a specific case and the cancellation of a jury will result in unnecessary expenditure of public funds and the denial of the use of that trial date for another case. (Amended, effective 7/1/01) RULE 7.06 RESERVED
SECTION 7 CRIMINAL RULES - MISDEMEANOR PRETRIAL CONFERENCE AND PRETRIAL PROCEEDINGS RULE 7.01 NEGOTIATIONS PRIOR TO PRETRIAL CONFERENCE (A) Counsel are strongly encouraged to meet and discuss actions informally in an attempt to resolve matters prior to the pretrial conference. (B) Prosecution should deliver to defense counsel a formal offer for resolution prior to the day of readiness conference.
Reviewer note: Composed 2026-10-12 (California T4 Colusa build 2026-10-12) from BenchPath custody ca/t4/ca-colusa/docs/local-rules-15-final.pdf (the court's rule book, its cover “COLUSA COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT LOCAL RULES REVISED AND EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2015”, as fetched 2026-10-12; 710456 bytes, sha256 ab900b287107469f5cc0e8af39fc1af062663a6299f9ad7ccfc166e02655e0fb; 73 pages; this section PDF pages 45 to 46, printed pages 33 to 34) with the shared verbatim composer (v2 reflow): the rules (PDF pages 13 to 65, printed 1 to 53) composed as one text and cut at the sixteen section headings “SECTION 1” to “SECTION 16”, each matched once as a whole line followed by the section's title (a section may begin mid-page); the running header of every page (“COLUSA COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT”) and its page number (“- 1 -”), each named and a whole line in its band, removed as chrome - 106 chrome lines; lines reflowed into the rules' paragraphs, each rule's number and title (“RULE 1.07 TIMELY APPEARANCE OF COUNSEL AND REQUIRED NOTIFICATION”), each lettered or numbered subdivision starting a line, each section heading and each history line (“(Amended, effective ...)”, “(Adopted, effective ...)”) on a line of its own; the strike report (review/strike-report-2026-10-12.txt) finds 5 struck runs on 2 pages, spaces only (a form's underlined blanks) - the book composed without strike_out; no table on the rule pages; 19 whitespace-only fixes (build/book-fixes.json: three lines wrapped at a parenthesized letter or number the reflow took for a label rejoined - Rules 1.12(C), 15.06(A)(1) and 15.08 - and Rule 15.10's suggested form of summary of account set item by item, each label with its schedule line and “$”); the vertical-gap, short-line, page-break, bold, false-break, fragment and row audits (custody file book_extra_audits.py; review/book-extra-audits-2026-10-12.txt and review/book-audits-after-fixes-2026-10-12.txt) list candidates read one by one (build/book_fixes.py) - the rest kept as printed (the rule numbers with their titles on one row, the words of justified title rows, Rule 4.01(3)'s two-line heading, the inner labels of Rules 2.09(B) and 3.10(E)); proof 1 (whitespace-only) and proof 2 (same character multiset as the text layer minus chrome) pass. The cover (PDF page 1), the table of contents (3 to 11), Appendix “A” (the Certification of Attorney Competency form, 67), the index (69 to 73) and four blank pages (2, 12, 66 and 68) belong to no card.
Division XI: information forms for data processing (Rule 11.2); required action - action taken on all calendared cases and a future date always set (Rule 11.19); and pro tem judges - an attorney named as a plaintiff in a civil or small claims case may not sit as a judge pro-tem during the case or within six months following its resolution, nor one named as a defendant in two or more such cases (Rule 11.22). Rules 11.1, 11.3 to 11.5, 11.7 to 11.18, 11.20 and 11.21 are repealed, and Rule 11.6 (voluntary arbitration; see Local Rule 10.2) was repealed and renumbered.
Duval County's indigent-defense and magistration rules under the Texas Fair Defense Act (S.B. 7): who may be booked into the county jail and on what paper; arrest-case numbering; presentment to a magistrate within 48 hours (art. 15.16); the magistrate's warnings, counsel inquiry, interpreter duty, indigence determination and appointment of counsel within 24 hours of a request; the alternative appointment plan under art. 26.04(g)-(h) with annual applications, seven attorney categories (capital, first and second degree, third degree/state jail/misdemeanor, competency, appeals, post-conviction, extradition), CLE and experience standards, random rotation within each category, written acceptance within 48 hours, first contact by the end of the next working day, replacement and suspension of counsel, fee applications within five days of completing services and the compensation attachment ($500 pleas; $175/$150 hourly; $1,400 per jury-trial day; appellate caps); bail schedules by offense class with a personal bond office (fee $20 or 3%), pre-trial supervision and revocation hearings within two working days; arraignment settings and notice; repeal of conflicting rules.