2 verbatim requirements on exhibits & evidence.
Second Judicial Circuit — Francis J. "Frank" Allman only. Practices change without notice; the court's own published text controls. Procedural information only; not legal advice.
Verbatim from the published source, captured 2026-07-24; whitespace normalised only. No OCR was used. • During trial, the party offering the evidence is obligated to make opposing Counsel aware of any changes in the numbering of the exhibits or the intent to offer of any evidence not previously numbered or displayed. • Page 13 of 14 Revised 3/12/26 numbering; therefore, it is unnecessary to further present exhibits to opposing Counsel before offering the item in evidence.
During trial, the party offering the evidence is obligated to make opposing Counsel aware of any changes in the numbering of the exhibits or the intent to offer of any evidence not previously numbered or displayed.
Reviewer note: Source sha256: 2ab05b9dacdaf48f1b5cc88e3e981c2119162c68604ac35bed84ec0fd85194c3. 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.