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17 verbatim mandatory provisions from 19-36-b.
Eighteenth Judicial Circuit. Check the order's own effective and rescission dates before relying on it. Procedural information only; not legal advice.
Verbatim from the order's own text layer, harvested 2026-07-24; whitespace normalised only. No OCR was used. Only sentences containing mandatory language (shall, must, may not, no later than, within N) are reproduced — the full document is in custody and is the controlling text. • In order to participate in the pretrial intervention program of the VTC, a defendant must meet the following criteria: 1. • If the defendant and the Office of the State Attorney do not agree on the defendant’s admission into VTC, the court shall hold a hearing wherein the parties present evidence they deem appropriate; the court shall use its discretion in determining the defendant’s admission. • Prior to the first hearing in VTC, the defendant’s VA eligibility status shall be verified by the Veterans Justice Outreach Specialist for a determination that the defendant meets the eligibility criteria. • The defendant must be eligible to receive medical treatment through the Veterans Administration or otherwise be approved by the court for entry into Veterans’ Treatment Court despite VA ineligibility. • If the case was not assigned to a criminal division prior to transfer to VTC, the case will be assigned to a criminal division by the clerk in accordance with the applicable administrative order on assignment of cases and transferred to that division. • If accepted into VTC, the defendant is required to attend court hearings as ordered by the court, based on each defendant’s needs. • This participation must include the voluntary and truthful provision of information to the court and all collaborating entities in the assessment and treatment process. -- 3 of 6 -- 4 G. • The coordinated strategy must be provided in writing to the defendant before the participant agrees to enter into the pretrial intervention program. a. • At the end of the pretrial intervention period, the court shall consider the recommendation of the treatment program and the recommendation of the state attorney as to disposition of the pending charges. 1. • The court shall determine, by written finding, whether the defendant has successfully completed the pretrial intervention program. a. • The court shall dismiss the charges upon a finding that the defendant has successfully completed the pretrial intervention program. 2. • In order to participate in the post-adjudicatory program of the VTC, a defendant must meet the following criteria: 1. • Must be in accordance with chapter 921, Florida Statutes, in a manner that appropriately addresses the severity of the mental illness, traumatic brain injury, substance abuse disorder, or psychological problem through services tailored to the individual needs of the participant. b. • Must be based on the sentencing court’s assessment of the defendant’s criminal history, military service, substance abuse treatment needs, mental health treatment needs, amenability to the services of the program, the recommendation of the state attorney and the victim, if any, and the defendant’s agreement to enter the program. • The court shall give preference to treatment programs for which the probationer or community controllee is eligible through the United States Department of Veterans Affairs or the Florida Department of Veterans Affairs. • The court shall determine, by written finding, whether the probationer or community controllee has successfully completed the post-adjudicatory program. • All parties shall have notice and a fair opportunity to be heard before such determination. 1.
In order to participate in the pretrial intervention program of the VTC, a defendant must meet the following criteria: 1.
Reviewer note: Document sha256: 14bd1b7406360dbf53e93f120a446470a341d960a8b536daa913ed8c1b78d09e (119247 bytes). BenchPath harvested this circuit itself because no research corpus existed for it. Extraction is conservative: mandatory-language sentences only, so this rule is a faithful subset of the order, never a summary of it.
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.