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Chapter 9 (Rules 9.1 to 9.11): all criminal proceedings (9.1); accusatory pleadings - a separate file and a duplicate original for each co-defendant, complaints presented for filing not later than 10:30 a.m. on the day of the first appearance for a defendant in custody or 3:30 p.m. of the second Court day before it for a defendant not in custody, and informations and indictments by 3:30 p.m. the day before arraignment (9.2); discovery at the first arraignment, or within one (1) court day (9.3); pretrial motions under rule 4.111 of the CRC (ten (10), five (5) and two (2) court days), motions to suppress under Penal Code section 1538.5, felony in-limine motions by the day before the last pretrial conference, and motions to suppress or dismiss heard not later than five (5) days before trial (9.4); the felony readiness conference, usually one day before the preliminary hearing (9.5); trial setting (9.6); proposed voir dire questions (9.7); the pretrial conference - meeting and conferring, the trial attorneys' attendance, a written statement of the case, no pleas on the morning of a jury trial except to all charges, and in misdemeanor cases a witness list, a statement of the case and marked exhibits by 3:00 p.m. the day before trial (9.8); CALCRIM jury instructions and their submission (9.9); court conduct (9.10); and sentencing - letters and submissions served and lodged by 2:30 p.m. the day before the hearing, and remand to custody (9.11).
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CHAPTER 9 – CRIMINAL LAW RULES RULE 9.1 APPLICABILITY OF CHAPTER This chapter applies to all criminal proceedings. (Eff. 1/1/12) RULE 9.2 ACCUSATORY PLEADINGS (a) Multiple defendant cases. Where co-defendants are charged jointly in a complaint, information or indictment, a separate file folder shall be prepared and maintained for each co-defendant. The prosecution shall present for filing a duplicate original of the accusatory pleading for each co-defendant so charged, and also shall provide sufficient copies for distribution to all co-defendants at the time of arraignment. (b) Filing of Complaints. Except as ordered upon a showing of good cause, the complaint shall be presented to the Clerk for filing not later than 10:30 a.m. on the day of defendant's first appearance, if the defendant is in custody; or 3:30 p.m. of the second Court day preceding the date of first appearance, if the defendant is not in custody. The prosecution shall provide a copy of the complaint for distribution to the defendant at the time of arraignment. (c) Filing of Information and Indictment. Except as ordered upon a showing of good cause, the information or indictment shall be presented to the Clerk for filing not later than 3:30 p.m. on the day before defendant's first appearance for arraignment on the information or indictment. (Eff. 1/1/12) RULE 9.3 ARRAIGNMENT At the time of the first arraignment, the prosecution shall make available to the defense counsel a copy of the complaint with all discovery, including police report(s) unless they have already been so provided. If the defense counsel is not present at the first arraignment, the prosecution shall make discovery available within one (1) court day of the first arraignment. (Eff. 1/1/12) RULE 9.4 MOTIONS IN CRIMINAL LAW CASES (a) Except for good cause shown, all pretrial motions shall be made in compliance with rule 4.111 of the CRC, which generally requires that motions and accompanying points and authorities be filed at least ten (10) court days, all opposing papers at least five (5) court days, and all reply papers at least two (2) court days before the hearing. (b) Motions to suppress evidence under Penal Code section 1538.5 shall be made in accordance with all procedural requirements set forth in Penal Code section 1538.5. (c) A search and seizure motion made before a preliminary hearing shall be made in compliance with Penal Code section 1538.5. (d) For felony matters, any in-limine motions shall be filed by the day before the last pretrial conference unless otherwise ordered by the Court. All other statutory and non-statutory motions to suppress, and all statutory and non-statutory motions to dismiss shall be calendared to be heard not later than five (5) days before trial unless the Court orders otherwise. (Eff. 1/1/12) RULE 9.5 READINESS CONFERENCE (a) For all felony charges, a readiness conference date may be set by the Court, usually one day before the preliminary hearing. At the readiness conference, all counsel who will participate in the preliminary hearing shall be present. Counsel are expected to have discussed the case among themselves and exchanged offers with a view toward resolving the matter prior to the preliminary hearing. For cases that do not resolve at the readiness conference, the prosecution shall provide the Court with the name of the attorney who will conduct the preliminary hearing on behalf of the people and shall provide a reliable time estimate. (b) Both counsel for the people and for the defendant shall inform the Court of any special needs, including but not limited to, interpreters or appointment of counsel for witnesses, that are needed at the preliminary hearing, at the time the preliminary hearing is set or as soon thereafter as the need is determined. (Eff. 1/1/12) RULE 9.6 TRIAL SETTING (a) For misdemeanor cases, trial dates will be set upon entry of plea unless otherwise ordered by the Court. (b) For felony cases, trial dates will be set as ordered by the Court. (Eff. 1/1/12) RULE 9.7 VOIR DIRE (a) For misdemeanor cases, counsel for the people and for the defendant shall submit any proposed voir dire questions to the Court by the final Pretrial Conference or as otherwise ordered by the Court. (b) For felony cases, counsel for the people and for the defendant shall be prepared to submit any proposed voir dire questions to the Court by the first Pretrial Conference or as otherwise ordered by the Court. (Eff. 1/1/12) RULE 9.8 PRETRIAL CONFERENCE (a) A pretrial conference will be set prior to the trial date. Before the conference, counsel shall confer among themselves, their clients and any alleged victims or law enforcement personnel in a good faith effort to address any stipulation or agreement in testimony or procedure to reach a resolution of the case without trial. (b) At the conference, counsel for the people and for the defendant will be expected to advise the Court if there is a possibility of disposition of the case without trial. (c) The conference shall be attended by those attorneys who will try the case or are fully knowledge of the case with authority to take necessary action in the case. If the case does not settle, counsel shall inform the Court of the time estimate for the trial and any special requirements that would affect the conduct of the trial. Unless otherwise ordered by the Court, counsel shall submit a written statement of the case on or before the last pretrial conference. (d) Except for good cause, the Court will not accept pleas on the morning of a jury trial unless the plea is to all charges in the charging document and without limitation to the Court's sentence. (e) In misdemeanor cases, unless otherwise ordered by the Court, counsel shall submit a witness list, a statement of the case, and properly marked exhibits to the Court by 3:00 p.m. the day before the trial is set to begin. (Eff. 1/1/12) RULE 9.9 JURY INSTRUCTIONS IN CRIMINAL CASES (a) Jury instruction forms contained in the latest editions of CALCRIM for criminal cases shall be used when applicable. Counsel shall fill in all blanks and make any necessary changes on such forms, such as making sure proper gender and number are used. (b) For misdemeanor jury trials, proposed jury instructions shall be submitted no later than the final pretrial conference before the first day of trial or as otherwise ordered by the Court. The prosecution must submit a full packet to the Court and the defense only has to submit proposed jury instructions in special cases. (c) For felony jury trials, proposed jury instructions shall be submitted by the first pretrial conference. The prosecution must provide a full packet to the Court and the defense only needs to provide proposed jury instructions if a special instruction or if a different format is requested from what is provided by the prosecution. (Eff. 1/1/12) RULE 9.10 COURT CONDUCT Counsel shall comply with standard courtroom protocol and be courteous and respectful to all persons in the courtroom. Counsel should not interrupt opposing counsel except to state an appropriate objection. All objections and comments must be addressed to the Court, and not to opposing counsel. Unless otherwise ordered by the Court, permission need not be obtained to enter the well and approach a witness on the stand. Counsel shall refrain from making derogatory remarks about opposing counsel, and will otherwise be expected to act in a professional manner at all times. (Eff. 1/1/12) RULE 9.11 SENTENCING (a) Absent a showing of good cause, the Court will not consider letters or other written submissions which are not served on opposing counsel and timely lodged with the Court so that they can be placed in a defendant's file by 2:30 p.m. on the day before the sentencing hearing. (b) A defendant should expect to be remanded to custody at the time for sentencing where he or she has failed to make or keep an appointment to be interviewed by the probation officer, when facing a terminal disposition in a misdemeanor case, or if the Court imposes a prison sentence. (Eff. 1/1/12)
CHAPTER 9 – CRIMINAL LAW RULES RULE 9.1 APPLICABILITY OF CHAPTER This chapter applies to all criminal proceedings. (Eff. 1/1/12) RULE 9.2 ACCUSATORY PLEADINGS (a) Multiple defendant cases. Where co-defendants are charged jointly in a complaint, information or indictment, a separate file folder shall be prepared and maintained for each co-defendant. The prosecution shall present for filing a duplic
Reviewer note: Composed 2026-10-10 (California T4 Del Norte build 2026-10-10) from BenchPath custody ca/t4/ca-del-norte/docs/del-norte-final-rules-nov-2011.pdf (the court's rule book, its cover “SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF DEL NORTE LOCAL RULES OF COURT Effective: January 1, 2012”, as fetched 2026-10-10; 780574 bytes, sha256 64220b502f35de539aa38695b3449422d9f2a2fc10c75bc50a2a117569b8bdb8; 66 pages; this chapter PDF pages 28 to 31) with the shared verbatim composer (v2 reflow): each of the seventeen chapters composed from its own pages (PDF pages 6 to 55, printed 1 to 50; each chapter begins at the top of a new page), from its heading (“CHAPTER 1 - GENERAL RULES” to “CHAPTER 17 – MISCELLANEOUS”) to its last rule's history note: each page's running header (“Superior Court of California, County of Del Norte”) and its page number removed as chrome; lines reflowed into the rules' paragraphs, each rule's label and title (“RULE 1.1 APPLICATION OF LOCAL RULES”) set as one line, as printed on one row; the strike report finds one struck run on the 66 pages, a single space on page 57, a blank local form of Appendix A (review/strike-report-2026-10-10.txt); 1 whitespace-only fix (build/book-fixes.json: Rule 10.4's reference “subdivision (f) of this rule” rejoined where the composition set its subdivision letter on a new line) and no same-character fix; the vertical-gap and short-line audits find no join, and the page-break, bold-line, false-break, fragment and row audits (custody file book_extra_audits.py) list candidates read one by one - headings and list items set as printed, Rule 3.3's timeline labels set with their rows and the rule labels set beside their titles - none needing a fix; proof 1 (whitespace-only) and proof 2 (same character multiset as the text layer minus chrome) pass. The cover, the table of contents, Appendix A (the local forms) and the index 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.