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41 verbatim requirements from the procedure documents published under "CC-D Judge Rhonda D. Peoples-Waters".
Fourth Judicial Circuit, Duval County. Procedural information only; not legal advice.
Verbatim from the documents linked under "CC-D Judge Rhonda D. Peoples-Waters" on https://www.jud4.org/ex-parte-dates-judge-s-procedures/duval-judges, harvested 2026-07-25; whitespace normalised only. • County Court of the Fourth Judicial Circuit, the State of Florida and Defendant shall comply with the following provisions of this Order for the Jury Trial/Selection scheduled to begin Jury • This order shall be followed until the disposition of the case. • Counsel for both parties shall appear for scheduling purposes. • Counsel must presume that all cases set for jury selection will go to trial on the scheduled week. • All motions for continuance shall be in writing and filed prior to jury selection. • All motions in limine shall be filed five (5) business days before jury selection. • All motions shall be in writing and a courtesy copy shall be provided to the • All trial motions of a non-evidentiary nature that do not require testimony, do not impact jury selection, and only legal argument shall be held after the jury is selected and prior to opening statements. • Defendant shall meet and review all exhibits that either party seeks to introduce at trial. • Defendant shall be afforded an opportunity to review all evidence prior to trial. • The Defendant shall review the evidence in the courtroom in its final form (marked as evidence or pre-marked for identification), prior to trial. • It shall be the responsibility of counsel to have all exhibits appropriately pre- marked as set forth below, prior to the presentation of testimony or evidence. • For record purposes, counsel shall refrain from marking exhibits as composite exhibits, if the exhibits are unrelated or will be referred to individually. • Stipulated Exhibits: • If the parties can stipulate to the admission of exhibits, counsel shall coordinate with the Deputy Clerk of Court in pre-marking all the exhibits as evidence prior to trial. • The exhibits entered as evidence by the stipulation of parties shall be pre-marked into evidence as numbered exhibits. • Objected Exhibits: • If a party objects to the admission of an exhibit, those exhibits shall be pre-marked for identification purposes as a lettered exhibit. • The proponent of the exhibit shall notify the Court of the objection and shall not refer to the exhibit as evidence until the Court has made a ruling. • Prior to the presentation of evidence, the State of Florida and Counsel for the Defendant shall provide the Court and Deputy Clerk with an exhibit list. • The exhibit list shall contain the description of the exhibit, identification, and numbered exhibits. • If the parties have stipulated to the admission of any exhibit, counsel shall place the number and description of the exhibit on the record prior to the presentation of evidence. -- 2 of 4 -- • Prior to jury selection, counsel shall provide the Court and the Deputy • The State of Florida and the Defendant shall bring any issues related to jury selection to the Court’s attention prior to the jury panel entering in the courtroom. • Counsel and the Defendant must be present at least 15 minutes prior to the jury selection time to address any issues prior to jury selection. • Counsel shall not make speaking objections at any time while the jury is present. • All objections shall be succinct and state the legal basis of the objection. • In the event Counsel wants to impeach a witness by prior inconsistent statement, a copy of the prior statement shall be furnished to Court before trial. • Counsel shall use the proper procedure for impeaching the witness in the presence of the jury. • In the event Counsel for the Defendant decides to admit or stipulate to any element of the charged offense, or any lesser included offense, the Court shall be notified of this trial strategy prior to presenting the admission or stipulation to the jury. • Counsel shall provide the Court with a copy of proposed jury instructions prior to jury selection. • All stipulations and objections shall be made on the record in a succinct manner at the charge conference. • All special jury instruction requests shall be in writing and filed prior to the charge conference. • Counsel shall provide the Court with a courtesy copy of the motion and any authority for the request prior to the charge conference. -- 3 of 4 -- • The Defendant is required to submit any affirmative defense jury instructions in writing prior to the charge conference. • The State of Florida shall provide a copy of the final jury instructions on a flash drive or other electronic means, in order to display the instructions to the jury on the video monitors during the Court’s reading of the instructions to the jury. • The Motion must appear on the docket prior to requesting hearing times. • DO NOT assume the hearing is automatically removed from the Court calendar. • Cancellation of a hearing MUST be confirmed by the Judicial Assistant. • However, voluminous pleadings (more than 20 pages, including attachments) must not be emailed. • Any binders containing case law shall be received by the Court at least 5 days prior to the hearing. • If there is an unrepresented party involved in the case not using e-Portal, the party presenting the proposed Order, shall be responsible for providing a copy to the • All attorneys shall be available and prepared to handle their assigned cases.
County Court of the Fourth Judicial Circuit, the State of Florida and Defendant shall comply with the following provisions of this Order for the Jury Trial/Selection scheduled to begin Jury
Reviewer note: Page sha256: a8e70ab94dc6af2d448a0aced7dd9edd3f06b98067c2c2d2a2cad89942b6704f. Requirements taken from the judge's own procedure documents' text layers.
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