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18 verbatim requirements from Fourth Circuit administrative order 2020-18 (a further document filed under the same order number).
Fourth Judicial Circuit (Duval). Procedural information only; not legal advice.
Verbatim from Fourth Circuit administrative order 2020-18 as published by the Duval County Clerk, harvested 2026-07-26; whitespace normalised only. • V < 4 - A __ .-WHEREAS, in order for the parties to be prepared for resuming jury trials on July ‘6, 2020, as currently ordered by the Supre1'n_e‘Court of Florida,_ depositions of witnesses must continue to be conducted by the Office of the State Attorney, the Office of the Public Defender, the Office of • This Admini'strati_veIOrder shall be-recorded by the Clerk of the Court;jii1- it_heiOfficial • Records of Duval Count;y,"cin_ the State of Florida, shall take;effectginnnediately-, and » » shall remain infull force and effect until further order of this Court. - ‘ _ • 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 once these social distancing guidelines are lifted, without order of the Court. • Depositions taken pursuant to these procedures shall be conducted through ZOOM (version 5.0 or later) video conferencing. • Law enforcement officers who do not wish to use personal or department equipment to appear at the deposition will have the option of personally appearing at the x '\ -- 5 of 8 -- • Virtual depositions shall be recorded at the request of the court reporter for the purpose of preparing a transcript. • Otherwise, virtual depositions shall be recorded only by agreement between the Assistant State Attorney (ASA) and Defense Counsel. • Witnesses shall not record the deposition by any electronic means, to include video or audio recordings. • A implied requirementwthat notaries, and other persons qualified to administer an oath in the State of Florida, must be in the presence of witnesses for purposes of administering an oath for depositions and other legal testimony, so long as the notary or other qualified person can both see and hear the witness via audio-video communications equipment for the purpose of readily identifying the witness. • 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, therorder in which counsel would like to depose the witnesses, the amount of time togbe reserved for each witness, and a list of proposed’ dates and times for each deposition. ‘ • Defense Counsel shall provide at least three proposed depositions dates when making a request for depositions under these procedures unless the parties have already agreed to a date and time for the deposition. / -- 6 of 8 -- • The standard protocol/settings for the ZOOM meeting invite shall be as follows: _ 0 Topic shall be "Deposition in case of State v. [Defendant's Name], , Case No. _~202_-CF/MM-X)OO(XX" 0 Meeting ID—Generated Automatically 0 Pa_ssword—Required V 0 Video—On for Host and Participants 0 Audio—Te1ephone and Computer Audio 0 Calendar—Out1ook (other calendar) 0 Advanced Options _ o Enable Waiting Room o Enable join before host , o Mute participants on entry o Only.authenticated users • 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. -- 7 of 8 -- • H.~ The State Attorney's Office and Public Defender's Office shall agree upon modification of the standard subpoena for depositions that will explain to witnesses the reason for taking the deposition via video, the process for attending the video deposition, and the invitation information. • The Witness shall be sworn in and a formalized script will be used to address why the deposition is being conducted in this manner and to ensure that the witness is following proper procedure. l 7 • Defense Counsel 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.
V < 4 - A __ .-WHEREAS, in order for the parties to be prepared for resuming jury trials on July ‘6, 2020, as currently ordered by the Supre1'n_e‘Court of Florida,_ depositions of witnesses must continue to be conducted by the Office of the State Attorney, the Office of the Public Defender, the Office of
Reviewer note: Order PDF sha256: a06fabc8c24858dbc2d6d8bf27ef6cbd75cbd4a2a53430b9f8e033049ddcb17e. Extracted from the order's own text layer. One of several documents the Clerk publishes under order number 2020-18.
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