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Court reporters deliver transcripts in criminal matters electronically (Code of Civil Procedure section 271); the number of copies for each kind of felony hearing (preliminary hearings, pleas, probation and other sentences, sentences of death and indeterminate terms, Division of Juvenile Justice commitments, probable cause determinations); plea, probation and sentencing transcripts are filed within 55 days or before sentencing, whichever is first. Supersedes 2024-SJ-007-00.
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2025-SJ-002-00 [File stamp: FILED, Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles, MAR 07 2025, David W. Slayton, Executive Officer/Clerk of Court, By: B. Perez, Deputy] SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA FOR THE COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES IN RE FILING OF COURT REPORTER TRANSCRIPTS IN FELONY CRIMINAL PLEA, PROBATION, AND SENTENCING MATTERS AMENDED STANDING ORDER OF THE SUPERVISING JUDGE OF THE CRIMINAL DIVISION In accordance with California Code of Civil Procedure section 271, effective October 28, 2024, a court reporter shall deliver transcripts in electronic form in criminal matters unless otherwise specified. Transcripts shall meet formatting requirements specified in California Rules of Court and must be delivered to the Clerk of the Court electronically using the technology application designated by the Court. Upon request, a paper copy of the transcript for self-represented litigants shall also be delivered to designated transcript auditing staff. An electronic transcript shall be deemed to be an original transcript for all purposes. As authorized in Code of Civil Procedure section 269, the Court hereby orders the number and nature of transcripts to be prepared for hearings in felony matters as specified below. • Preliminary Hearing transcript as specified in Local Rule 8.4 of the Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles Original and 2 copies (plus an additional copy for each additional defendant) • Plea of guilty or no contest Original only • Plea and probation sentence Original only • Probation sentence or any other sentence Original only • Modification of probation sentence Original only • Sentence of death Original and 1 copy • Plea and state prison sentence for an indeterminate term with or without the possibility of parole Original and 1 copy • Sentence to Division of Juvenile Justice Original and 1 copy • Probable Cause Determination Original and 1 copy If the defendant enters a plea of guilty or no contest or is sentenced in more than one adult felony case on calendar, one copy of the transcript shall be delivered for the record in each case file. Additional copies may be ordered on a case-by-case basis. Transcript auditing court staff shall upload the electronic transcript to the Court’s Case Management System. Counsel of record may access the transcript via the Justice Partner Portal or Attorney Portal. Upon request or when required, a paper copy of the transcript shall be delivered to self-represented defendants. It is ordered that all plea, probation, and sentencing transcripts must be filed no later than 55 days after the date of the hearing or prior to the sentencing date, whichever is first. The plea transcript does not have to be filed prior to the sentencing date for defendants sentenced pursuant to Penal Code section 1210.1, where there may be a return date of four days. This Standing Order supersedes the existing Standing Order (2024-SJ-007-00) dated October 3, 2024, as well as any previous order regarding plea, probation, and sentencing transcripts, and is effective immediately, and shall remain in effect until otherwise ordered by the Supervising Judge of the Criminal Division. GOOD CAUSE APPEARING THEREFOR, IT IS SO ORDERED. DATED: March 7, 2025 HON. YVETTE VERASTEGUI Supervising Judge, Criminal Division AMENDED STANDING ORDER RE FILING OF COURT REPORTER TRANSCRIPTS IN FELONY CRIMINAL PLEA, PROBATION, AND SENTENCING MATTERS [The list of hearings is set in two columns (the hearing, then the transcripts required); each row is transcribed as two lines.]
2025-SJ-002-00 [File stamp: FILED, Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles, MAR 07 2025, David W. Slayton, Executive Officer/Clerk of Court, By: B. Perez, Deputy] SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA FOR THE COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES IN RE FILING OF COURT REPORTER TRANSCRIPTS IN FELONY CRIMINAL PLEA, PROBATION, AND SENTENCING MATTERS AMENDED STANDING ORDER OF THE SUPERVISING JUDGE OF
Reviewer note: Composed 2026-09-29 (California T3 Los Angeles build 2026-09-29) from BenchPath custody ca/t3/ca-los-angeles/general-orders/LIBSVCExecutiveSupport-391-2025-SJ-002-00InREFilingofCourtReporterTranscriptsinFelonyCriminalPleaProbationandSentencingMatters.pdf (215876 bytes, sha256 4512c3f8ae755e7037c311ac83139efe5dad2c67735b01e0983903da50507b49; 2 pages) - the court's own posted PDF, a page scan: transcribed by eye from the rendered page images (200 dpi), every page read against the image; a local machine reading (RapidOCR) served only as a second reader, every six-word window of the transcription looked up in it and every miss checked on the page; the clerk's file stamp in one bracketed line, handwritten or stamped fills in place with a bracketed note, a running footer transcribed once, pleading line numbers and fill marks omitted; a signature itself is not transcribed.
Standing order of the 109th Judicial District Court for every pending or later-filed case in Andrews, Winkler and Crane Counties: any attorney or self-represented litigant who uses any form of artificial intelligence for legal research or drafting in a case must, before using AI-generated information in a court submission or proceeding, sign and submit the court's certification form stating that all language, quotations, sources, citations, arguments and legal analysis created or contributed to by generative AI were verified as accurate by a human through traditional (non-AI) legal sources, and acknowledging responsibility and potential sanctions for their or their co-counsel's failure to comply. Effective immediately; in effect until rescinded or replaced.
Standing order of the 109th Judicial District Court for every pending or later-filed case in Andrews, Winkler and Crane Counties: any attorney or self-represented litigant who uses any form of artificial intelligence for legal research or drafting in a case must, before using AI-generated information in a court submission or proceeding, sign and submit the court's certification form stating that all language, quotations, sources, citations, arguments and legal analysis created or contributed to by generative AI were verified as accurate by a human through traditional (non-AI) legal sources, and acknowledging responsibility and potential sanctions for their or their co-counsel's failure to comply. Effective immediately; in effect until rescinded or replaced.