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Chapter Eight (Rules 800 to 803): grand jury selection under Penal Code sections 896 – 908.2 by supervisorial district and random drawings (Rule 800); trial jury venires drawn from the South County or North County region (Rule 801); notice to the Jury Commissioner of a civil settlement no later than 3:00 p.m. on the court day before trial, or forfeiture of the jury fee deposit and liability for the jurors' costs (Rule 802); Rule 803 is reserved.
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Chapter Eight: Grand Jury & Trial Jury Selection 800 Grand Jury Selection a. The selection of the grand jury shall be conducted pursuant to Penal Code sections 896 – 908.2. The Jury Commissioner shall ascertain that each nominee complies with the qualifications prescribed by Penal Code section 893. b. The Court shall interview all volunteer applicants who have submitted properly completed applications. After certifying the competence and qualifications of the applicants, the Clerk shall deposit their names in five separate boxes according to the supervisorial district in which the applicant resides. The Clerk shall randomly draw an appropriate number of applicants as directed by the Court from each supervisorial district. The judges shall jointly nominate those applicants for grand jury duty and those names shall be deposited into the “grand jury box” by the Clerk. Another drawing shall be held to reduce the randomly- drawn applicants to not less than twenty-five (25) nor more than thirty (30) names. A final, random drawing shall be held from the pool of not less than twenty-five (25) nor more than thirty (30) names to select the required number of grand jurors. Any grand juror who fails to obey the oath taken or charge by the court pursuant to Penal Code sections 911 or 914 is subject to removal from office by the Presiding Judge. (Amended 07-01-09; adopted 07-01-98; previously amended effective 01-01-99) 801 Trial Jury Selection; Venue Trial jury selection shall be conducted in accordance with Code of Civil Procedure section 198.5. Jury venires for all South County divisions shall be selected from the South County geographic region , and jury venires for all North County divisions shall be selected from the North County geographic region as defined in rule 201 of these local rules, unless the Presiding Judge or Assistant Presiding Judge orders a countywide venire in the interest of justice. (Amended 07-01-09; adopted 07-01-98; previously amended effective 01-01-00) 802 Civil Case Settlement; Notice & Jury Fees In the event a civil case settles prior to the commencement of trial, the party who has demanded trial by jury shall notify the Jury Commissioner no later than 3:00 p.m. on the court day prior to the date set for trial. Failure to provide timely notice shall result in the party's forfeiture of the jury fee deposit and liability for all of the costs of the jurors appearing for trial. If the case settles on the day of trial after the jurors have actually appeared and cannot be utilized in another trial on the same date, the parties shall be responsible for the actual costs of all jurors appearing for the trial to be determined by the judge. (Amended 07-01-09; adopted effective 07-01-98) 803 Access to Juror Identification Information Rule number 803 is reserved for future use. (Rule 803 repealed effective 07-01-18; adopted effective 07-01-99; amended 07-01-09)
Chapter Eight: Grand Jury & Trial Jury Selection 800 Grand Jury Selection a. The selection of the grand jury shall be conducted pursuant to Penal Code sections 896 – 908.2. The Jury Commissioner shall ascertain that each nominee complies with the qualifications prescribed by Penal Code section 893. b. The Court shall interview all volunteer applicants who have submitted properly completed applicat
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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.