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1 verbatim requirement on exhibits & evidence.
Seventeenth Judicial Circuit — Judge Thomas J. Coleman only. Practices change without notice; the court's own published text controls. Procedural information only; not legal advice.
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Unlock free →All exhibits and evidence that a party wishes to introduce in evidence during an evidentiary hearing or trial must be previously disclosed to the opposite party. All exhibits should be premarked, which shall individually identify each exhibit/evidence. These exhibits/evidence shall be premarked for identification with numbers (i.e., State 1,2,3). If admitted, each document will remain the same number ( i.e., Defense 4 will remain, Defense, 4 upon admission into evidence). Attorneys should employ the actual exhibits admitted in evidence, rather than additional copies when examining witnesses about said exhibits. Attorneys should attempt to refer to the exhibits by their assigned number for identification prior to admission into evidence. If you have not pre-marked the evidence, then when, and if, evidence is admitted, the Clerk will assign a number to the exhibit. This ensures the parties
Reviewer note: Source sha256: c01717c8a6e057dc6989bcd640079bfa8161769d24689f10fe0bc6147608b1c0. Corpus categories: EXHIBITS. Published during the 2026-07-24 completeness pass.
Judge Sherman requires TWO identical bound hard-copy sets of pre-marked exhibits for evidentiary hearings at least 7 days out — and anything over 50 pages must arrive as bound hard copies by mail.
Judge Hafele: exhibits in chambers three days before any evidentiary proceeding, courtesy copies two days out, all hearing materials three business days ahead, and interpreter requests seven days in advance.
Judge Mullinax wants physical copies of all documents and exhibits for in-person hearings/trials provided five days in advance; orders in Word (no macros/columns/tabs) within 48 hours, final judgments with a 3-inch top-right margin.