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A Grand Jury impaneled annually under PC § 888 (14.1); applications sought each February for the ensuing fiscal year (14.2); interviews of prospective grand jurors (14.3); the impanelment of the grand jury (14.4); and an additional term of service (14.5).
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RULE 14 RULES APPLICABLE TO CIVIL GRAND JURY SERVICE 14.1 COMBINED GRAND JURY A Grand Jury shall be impaneled annually pursuant to the applicable provisions of PC § 888. 14.2 APPLICATION PROCESS In February of each year, the Sonoma County Courts shall actively seek and accept applications from qualified citizens interested in serving on the Grand Jury for the ensuing fiscal year (July - June 30). Those applicants applying for membership on the Grand Jury shall be persons qualified for such selection under the provisions of the Penal Code and Code of Civil Procedure. The application shall be made in writing and shall state the name, residence address, supervisorial district and other information required of grand juror applicants. 14.3 INTERVIEWS OF PROSPECTIVE GRAND JURORS From the applications received, a minimum of forty-five (45) candidates, shall be invited to participate in the interview phase of the process. The Presiding Judge shall designate judges to personally interview the prospective grand jurors. Following the personal interviews, the Judges of the Sonoma County Superior Court shall nominate a minimum of thirty (30) finalists from which the new Grand Jury shall be drawn. The list of finalists will be disseminated to all bench officers for review prior to disclosure. 14.4 IMPANELMENT OF THE GRAND JURY On or before the second Friday of each July, the Court shall meet en banc at the hour designated by the Presiding Judge for the purpose of selecting the nineteen (19) grand jurors and a minimum of five alternate grand jurors for the ensuing year. Alternates will be used, in the order drawn, to fill vacancies which might occur during the year. 14.5 ADDITIONAL TERM OF SERVICE Pursuant to the provisions of PC § 901(b), the court may appoint "carryover" grand jurors each year, not previously so named, who consent to serve for a succeeding year's term. (Eff. 1/1/1997; Rev. 1/1/1998, 7/1/15, Renumbered 1/1/2023- formerly Rule 15) ____________________________________________________________________________________
RULE 14 RULES APPLICABLE TO CIVIL GRAND JURY SERVICE 14.1 COMBINED GRAND JURY A Grand Jury shall be impaneled annually pursuant to the applicable provisions of PC § 888. 14.2 APPLICATION PROCESS In February of each year, the Sonoma County Courts shall actively seek and accept applications from qualified citizens interested in serving on the Grand Jury for the ensuing fiscal year (July - June 30).
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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.