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Article X (Criminal; Rules 10.1 to 10.4): the post-preliminary examination arraignment and settlement conference, generally set within fifteen (15) days in Dept. 1, the District Attorney's written settlement position before it, and defendants' personal appearance notwithstanding a Penal Code § 977 waiver (Rule 10.1); pre-trial motions - in limine motions noticed and heard at or before the pre-trial conference, Penal Code § 1538.5 motions as provided by statute, and motions for continuances (Rule 10.2); pre-trial conferences, with witness and exhibit lists, CALCRIM requests, statements of complex issues, juror questionnaires, in limine motions and verdict forms served and filed at least two days before, and the matters to be discussed (Rule 10.3); and infraction counter arraignments by attorneys at the Clerk's counter on the court's Counter Arraignment Form, on or before the due date (Rule 10.4).
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ARTICLE X CRIMINAL RULE 10.1 SETTING OF POST-PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION ARRAIGNMENT AND SETTLEMENT CONFERENCES (a) Upon making a holding order, the Judge presiding over the preliminary examination will generally set the matter for arraignment and settlement conference within fifteen (15) days of the conclusion of the preliminary examination. The combined arraignment and settlement conference hearing will be set in Dept. 1 of this Court, generally on a Thursday morning immediately preceding a Friday adult law and motion calendar, and will generally be set before the Judge who presided over the preliminary examination. (b) Absent a showing of good cause, the District Attorney's Office shall have communicated in writing their settlement position to defense counsel, or if unrepresented to the Defendant, prior to the settlement conference. (c) Notwithstanding the execution of a Penal Code § 977 waiver, the Court will order each Defendant to personally appear at their felony settlement conferences, unless good cause exists for conducting the conference in the Defendant's absence. (Adopted, effective January 1, 2002) RULE 10.2 PRE-TRIAL MOTIONS (a) Absent a showing of good cause, in limine motions shall be noticed and heard at, or prior to the pre-trial conference. Motions to suppress evidence pursuant to the provisions of Penal Code § 1538.5 shall be noticed and heard as provided by statute, and should be heard prior to the pre-trial conference. Unless otherwise provided by law, absent a showing of good cause, pre-trial motions should be properly noticed and heard prior to the pre-trial conference. Said pre-trial motions include, but not are not necessarily limited to the following: Severance motions, Motions to bifurcate, Castro motions to impeach defendant with prior convictions pursuant to Evidence Code § 788, motions to suppress admission or confession on Miranda or voluntariness grounds, motions to suppress identification, Aranda/Bruton motions, motion for courtroom demonstrations, motions for permission to view the scene, and/or motions to exclude evidence pursuant to the provisions to Evidence Code § 352. (b) Motions for continuances shall be noticed and heard at the earliest possible time, and absent a showing of affirmative proof in open court that the ends of justice require a continuance, and shall not be heard after the pre-trial conference. (Adopted, Effective January 1, 2002) RULE 10.3 PRE-TRIAL CONFERENCES (a) Notwithstanding the execution of a Penal Code § 977 waiver, the Court will order each Defendant to personally appear at their felony pre-trial conferences, unless good cause exists for conducting the conference in the Defendant's absence. (b) At least two days prior to any scheduled misdemeanor or felony pre-trial conference, all parties shall have served and filed the following: (1) Witness List; (2) Exhibit List; (3) Preliminary Requests for CALCRIM and Special Jury Instructions; (4) A statement identifying any complex legal or evidentiary issues, the parties' respective positions, anticipated factual support, with a supporting memorandum of points and authorities; (5) Proposed prospective juror questionnaires and proposed questions, if any, for the Court to ask prospective jurors during voir dire examination; (6) Any unresolved in limine motions, including motions to exclude witnesses; and, (7) The prosecution shall present proposed Verdict forms, including any special findings. (c) At the Pre-Trial Conference the parties shall be prepared to discuss and/or engage in the following: (1) To engage in good faith in final settlement negotiations; (2) Discuss possible amendment of the Information for the limited purpose of reading the charges to prospective jurors; (3) Participate in a pre-voir dire conference; (4) Number of peremptory challenges and order of exercise of peremptory challenges; (5) Number of alternate jurors; (6) Pre-instruction of the jury, and preliminary discussion of closing CALCRIM and special jury instructions; (7) Order of examination in multi-party cases; (8) Discussion of any complex evidentiary or legal issues; (9) Pre-marking of exhibits; (10) Stipulations; (11) Any issues triable by the Court as opposed to the jury; (12) Any revision in the estimate of the length of trial; and, (13) Scheduling problems including those of Witnesses and Counsel. (Adopted, effective January 1, 2002) RULE 10.4 INFRACTION COUNTER ARRAIGNMENTS Attorneys appearing in propria persona or who are retained to represent a defendant in an infraction may, in lieu of a court appearance, arraign matters informally at the Clerk’s counter, subject to the following conditions: (a) The attorney must appear in the Clerk’s office and submit a current version of this court’s Counter Arraignment Form. The Form cannot be modified. Modified Forms will not be accepted. (b) The Counter Arraignment Form must be submitted to the clerk on or before the due date indicated on the Notice to Appear issued to the defendant, or the due date as extended by the clerk. (c) No motions may be submitted with the Counter Arraignment Form. (d) Counter arraignment will include the following actions on the defendant’s behalf: (1) Stipulate the defendant’s true name is as set forth on the citation or complaint; (2) Waiver of formal arraignment and advisement of constitutional and statutory rights; (3) Entry of not guilty plea on all charges; (4) Waiver of time for trial; (5) Request the matter be set for court trial. (e) The clerk will set the matter for trial on the next regularly scheduled infraction court trial day as designated by the court’s Master Calendar, and on a date the citing officer is available if the clerk has knowledge of the same. If the next regularly scheduled court trial day is within 25 days of the date the Counter Arraignment Form is filed, the clerk will assign the next available trial date when the officer is available. Trial dates will not be set based on the availability of the attorney. (f) If the defendant requests a trial date within the statutory time requirements of Penal Code §1382, the defendant or counsel must appear in open court for arraignment on the date, time, and location indicated on the Notice to Appear issued by the officer and/or Reminder Notice mailed by the court. (g) Bail is waived when the counter arraignment process is used. (h) This Rule does not apply to defendants in proper persona, adjudicated infraction matters, or misdemeanor or felony matters.
ARTICLE X CRIMINAL RULE 10.1 SETTING OF POST-PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION ARRAIGNMENT AND SETTLEMENT CONFERENCES (a) Upon making a holding order, the Judge presiding over the preliminary examination will generally set the matter for arraignment and settlement conference within fifteen (15) days of the conclusion of the preliminary examination. The combined arraignment and settlement conference hearing
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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.