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40 verbatim requirements from document (unlisted) [unlisted] 20JCDCR0004.
20th Judicial Circuit. Procedural information only; not legal advice.
Verbatim from https://www.ca.cjis20.org/PDF/20JCDCR0004.pdf, harvested 2026-07-25; whitespace normalised only. • All transcripts of judicial proceedings, including depositions, shall be uniform as to format; transcribing procedures; paper size, color, and quality; ink color; and transcript covers for all Twentieth Judicial Circuit Courts in Lee, Collier, Charlotte, Hendry, and • Deviation from the standards hereinafter set forth shall not constitute grounds for limiting the use of transcripts in the trial or appellate courts. • Transcription firm or transcriber shall submit an original transcript, clearly stamped • If extra copies are ordered, each extra copy shall also be clearly stamped COPY at the top of the title page and shall be billed to the requesting party. • Transcription firm or transcriber shall also provide the transcript on a CD-ROM or diskette (CD-ROM is preferred) upon request. • Transcription firm or transcriber shall return to the requesting party all materials provided for use in preparation of the transcript. • All persons transcribing electronically recorded proceedings or depositions, whether court personnel or independent contract transcriptionists, shall meet the qualifications established by the Chief Judge or the Court Administrator or the Court Administrator's designee to ensure the person’s ability to transcribe the proceedings and to certify the correctness of the transcripts. • All persons transcribing electronic or digital recordings, whether court personnel or independent contract transcriptionists, shall certify the transcript as a true and accurate text of the electronic or digital recording of the proceeding or deposition (see • Transcript paper shall be three-hole punched in the left margin, with the holes being 4-1/4-inch center to center, and the middle hole to be centered vertically in the left margin of the page. • Transcription firm shall provide, at no additional charge, a transcript cover, consisting of both front and back covers, for both original transcripts and copies. • Fasteners shall be of adequate quality to securely bind the transcript. • Covers shall be of good quality, consisting of black back covers, 140-pound index paper, #1 sulphite paper and heavyweight transparent plastic front covers, or similar material as approved by the court. • The transcript shall be prepared in accordance with the following Transcript Format • The use of preprinted solid left and right marginal lines is required. • All preprinted lines must be placed on the page so that text actually begins 1-3/4 inches from the left side of the page and 3/8 inches from the right side of the page. 2 Line Numbers • Each page of transcription shall contain double-spaced line numbers from 1 through 25 that shall correspond to the lines of text in the body of the transcript. 3 Title/Appearance Page • Each transcript is to include a title page indicating: • Court name. • Circuit • City and state • Case name • Civil or criminal docket case number • Name and title of judge or other judicial officer presiding. • Type of proceeding. • Date and time of proceeding. • Volume number (if multi-volume). • Original transcript shall be clearly stamped ORIGINAL at the top of the title page, and copy shall be clearly stamped COPY at the top of the title page. • Extra copies shall be clearly stamped COPY at the top of the title page. • The method by which the proceedings were recorded and the method by which the transcript was produced shall be noted. • Each volume of a multi-volume proceeding shall contain an individual Table of Contents. • Each page of the Table of Contents shall be numbered using small Roman numerals at the right margin of the header line of each page. • The Table of Contents shall be placed after the title page and before the first page of transcript. • The Table of Contents shall indicate the pages at which the direct examination, cross- examination, redirect examination, recross examination, further redirect examination, further recross examination, continued examination, voir dire examination, proffered examination, and the recall of each witness begins. • Witness," "Defendant's Witness," "Petitioner's Witness," "Respondent's Witness." A separate section in the Table of Contents shall indicate the page at which any exhibit was marked for identification and received in evidence. • In a protracted case (i.e., a transcript of one thousand (1,000) pages or more), in addition to the individual Table of Contents for each volume, a master Table of Contents shall be prepared which will be set forth in its own separate volume, consisting of a compilation of all of the individual Tables of Contents and entitled Master Table of • Individual volumes of transcripts, including depositions, shall be no more than 200 pages in length, inclusive of the Table of Contents 6 Page/Volume Numbering • The page number shall be placed in the top right corner of each page, flush with the right margin or one space away from it, in a header or at least one double-space above the first line of transcription. • Each page of transcript shall be numbered with the volume number followed by a hyphen and the page number, i.e.: • Contents, and court reporter's certification shall be single-spaced. 5 Number of Lines Per Page • Each page of transcript shall contain 25 double-spaced lines of text per page, with lines numbered 1 through 25, respectively. • Punctuation and spelling shall be appropriate standard usage. • Do not confuse the use of (sic) with the proper use of a dash (two hyphens) if a speaker changes thought in mid-sentence. • Do NOT use hyphens for word division (turn it off in your word processing program). • Indentations of no more than 10 spaces may be used for paragraphs, and all spaces on a line as herein provided shall be used unless the text of the speaker ends short of marginal requirements. • Speaker identification in colloquy shall begin on the tenth space from the left margin followed directly by a colon (:). • Carry-over lines of colloquy shall begin on the fifth space from the left margin. 2 Testimony (Q & A) • Each question and answer shall begin on a separate line on the fifth space from the left margin. • The text following the Q and A shall begin on the fifth space from the Q or A. • Carry-over question and answer lines shall return to the left margin. 3 Parentheticals • Parentheticals exceeding one line shall begin no more than 10 spaces from the left margin, with carry-over lines being returned to the left margin. 4 Quotations
All transcripts of judicial proceedings, including depositions, shall be uniform as to format; transcribing procedures; paper size, color, and quality; ink color; and transcript covers for all Twentieth Judicial Circuit Courts in Lee, Collier, Charlotte, Hendry, and
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