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19 verbatim requirements from admin. order AO 3.34 - Assignment of Multiple Felony Cases Involving a Single Defendant or Co-Defendants in Collier County, (8/24/23) [Criminal].
20th Judicial Circuit. Procedural information only; not legal advice.
Verbatim from https://www.ca.cjis20.org/pdf/ao/ao_3_34.pdf, harvested 2026-07-25; whitespace normalised only. • Collier County, the additional felony case(s) shall be assigned by the Clerk to the judge assigned to the pending felony case with the lowest open case number once the Clerk becomes aware of the relationship between the cases. • If the Clerk has not become aware of the relationship between cases prior to arraignment, the Office of the State Attorney shall be responsible for informing the Clerk of 1 For the purpose of this Administrative Order, "pending felony case(s)" means (1) any other active felony case for which the defendant has not yet been sentenced, and (2) any other felony case for which a defendant has already been sentenced to a term which includes active probation or community control, meaning that the term of probation or community control has not yet expired. • FILED08l28i'2:310:25Colliet1)l -- 1 of 4 -- - ... . -· such relationship at the time of arraignment on the new charge; and the Clerk shall assign the cases as stated above. • In cases in which the State has filed felony charges against more than one defendant arising from the same set of facts, transactions, or occurrences, those cases shall be assigned by the • Office of the State Attorney shall attempt to inform the Clerk at or before arraignment of the relationship between cases so that the appropriate assignments can be effectuated. • In cases in which the State has filed felony charges against more than one defendant arising from the same set of facts, transactions, or occurrences, and one or more of the defendants have unrelated pending felony cases, the judge assigned to the lowest case number overall shall preside over the related cases against all co-defendants, as well as all unrelated pending felony cases. • The related cases, as well as all unrelated pending felony cases, shall be reassigned to that judge. • The Office of the State Attorney shall attempt to inform the Clerk at or before arraignment of the relationship between cases so that the appropriate assignments can be effectuated. • In the unique circumstance in which the Office of the State Attorney is of the opinion that it is not in the best interest of justice that the felony cases of all co-defendants be assigned to a single judge, the Office of the State Attorney shall advise the Collier County Administrative Judge in writing, with copies to opposing counsel, or if unrepresented by counsel, to the defendant or defendants. • In such instances, the final decision as to whether a case is to be reassigned shall rest with the Chief Judge, or the Chief Judge's designee, upon consultation with the Collier County • In any case in which the defendant has previously been sentenced to community control or probation, and the defendant is subject to a violation of probation proceeding based upon 2 -- 2 of 4 -- .... )-· a new felony charge in Collier County, any proceeding initiated by the State upon the new charge shall be assigned by the Clerk to the judge assigned to the violation of probation proceeding once the Clerk becomes aware of the relationship between cases. • If the Clerk has not become aware of the relationship between cases prior to arraignment, the Office of the State Attorney shall be responsible for informing the Clerk of such relationship at the time of arraignment on the new charge. • In the event that the judge has since retired or is no longer serving in the Collier County Circuit Criminal Division for any reason, the re- filed case shall be assigned or reassigned to the judge now presiding over the prior judge's track. • If the Clerk does not automatically make the appropriate assignment at the time the case is initially re- filed, the Office of the State Attorney shall inform the Clerk at or before arraignment so that the appropriate assignment can be effectuated. • If information regarding the relationship between cases is not known at the time of arraignment, the Office of the State Attorney shall be responsible for requesting reassignment of the more recent felony case(s) in accordance with this Administrative Order and shall submit a proposed Order of Reassignment for the signature of the Administrative Judge. • In all situations in which cases are manually assigned or reassigned, the Clerk shall account for these to the extent reasonably practical and shall assign new felony cases in a manner to allow for the fair and equal assignment of cases among judges serving in the Collier County Circuit • This Administrative Order shall be effective immediately and shall apply to the assignment and reassignment of cases in the Collier County Criminal Division. • Administrative Order, this Administrative Order shall prevail. • To the extent that this Administrative Order may conflict with any rule, law, or statute, the rule, law, or statute shall prevail.
Collier County, the additional felony case(s) shall be assigned by the Clerk to the judge assigned to the pending felony case with the lowest open case number once the Clerk becomes aware of the relationship between the cases.
Reviewer note: Order PDF sha256: cfc6ed7cb13a8f4eebe0f07205a4b2817f605c41c7d1ecbe6edc76375fe06087. Extracted from the order's own text layer.
Judge Bell caps motions and responses at 5 pages for UMC hearings and 12 pages for special-set hearings.
Judge Alijewicz requires every motion for attorney's fees and/or costs to attach a document detailing time records — no records, no fee award.
Judge Corlew bars informal contact: every communication with the Court must be in writing, filed with the Clerk, with copies furnished to all parties — and no calls to the JA to schedule or cancel UMC.