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12 verbatim requirements from 4th Circuit Administrative Order 2020-18.
Fourth Judicial Circuit (Duval, Clay, Nassau). Administrative orders change without notice; the circuit's own order controls. Procedural information only; not legal advice.
Verbatim from the order, captured live 2026-08-03 from the Duval Clerk's store; whitespace normalised only. • A working group of members of the Office of the State Attorney, the Office of the Public Defender, the criminal defense bar, and court reporters created the following procedures for the taking of depositions in criminal cases by video conferencing means Depositions taken pursuant to these procedures may be used for impeachment purposes in any future legal proceeding and a witness so deposed shall not be subject to a subsequent deposition in the same matter. • Video depositions taken pursuant to these procedures shall be conducted through ZOOM (version 5.0 or later) video conferencing. • Law enforcement ofiicers who do not wish to use personal or department equipment to appear at the deposition will have the option of personally appearing at the State Attorney's Ofiice to participate in the video deposition via laptops dedicated for that purpose.. • Otherwise, video depositions shall be recorded only by agreement between the Assistant State Attorney (ASA) and Defense Counsel. • To initiate the scheduling of a deposition, Defense Counsel shall send the ASA assigned to the criminal case a list of witnesses they wish to depose. • This list shall include the case name and number, any law enforcement witness’s employing agency and badge number, the order in which counsel would like to depose the witnesses, the amount -- 4 of 6 -- I 1 OR BK 20120 PAGE 1461 of time to be reserved for each witness, and a list of proposed dates and times for each deposition. • The parties shall agree to a date and time for the deposition. • The standard protocol/settings for the ZOOM meeting invite shall be as follows: • Q Topic shall be “Deposition in case of State v. [Defendant’s Name], Case No. _- 202__-CFIMM-XJDQQCX" 0 Meeting ID—Generated Automatically 0 Video-—0n for Host and Participants 0 Audio—Telephone and Computer Audio 0 Calendar-—-Outlook (other calendar) 0 Advanced Options o Enable Waiting Room o Enable join before host o Mute participants on entry <5 Only authenticated users It will be permissible for the SAO, PDO or defense counsel to forward the invite information to others within their respective offices for the purpose of preparing subpoenas, calendaring, and other administrative tasks related to the taking of depositions. • Defense Counsel shall secure a court reporter for the deposition, provide the reporter with the login information for the remote technology, and also provide the reporter with a. formal Notice of Deposition. • The State Attorney’s Office and Public Defender's Office shall agree upon modification of the standard subpoena for depositions that will explain to wimesses the reason for taking the deposition via video, the process for attending the video deposition, and the invitation information. . -- 5 of 6 -- OR BK 20120 PAGE 1462 IV. fiocedurgtlor Conducting Video Depositions A. • The parties or the Court Reporter will instruct witnesses that the witness must be properly sequestered to ensure that the witness cannot visibly see or audibly hear or speak to another witness in this matter or any other person unrelated to the proceedings in this matter.
A working group of members of the Office of the State Attorney, the Office of the Public Defender, the criminal defense bar, and court reporters created the following procedures for the taking of depositions in criminal cases by video conferencing means Depositions taken pursuant to these procedures may be used for impeachment purposes in any future legal proceeding and a witness so deposed shall not be subject to a subsequent deposition in the same matter.
Reviewer note: Composed from the clerk's own bytes during the 4th's ledger close 2026-08-03 (sha256 a06fabc8c24858db…).
2 verbatim requirements from 4th Circuit Administrative Order 1986-33A.
1 verbatim requirement from 4th Circuit Administrative Order 1987-09.