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39 verbatim requirements from the procedure documents published under "CR-E Judge Tatiana Salvador".
Fourth Judicial Circuit, Duval County. Procedural information only; not legal advice.
Verbatim from the documents linked under "CR-E Judge Tatiana Salvador" on https://www.jud4.org/ex-parte-dates-judge-s-procedures/duval-judges, harvested 2026-07-25; whitespace normalised only. • All attorneys shall be available and prepared to handle their assigned cases as called by the Court, pursuant to #2 below. 2) Judge Salvador shall announce the cases to be called during the morning docket, in the following order (with some exceptions – see #3, #5 and #6 below): 1) Out-of-custody defendants 2) Female inmates 3) Male inmates • The courtroom bailiffs are aware of this procedure and shall have the inmates available and ready to be called in the proscribed order. 3) For private counsel, specialty counsel (major crimes, special prosecution unit, sexual assault division, etc.) and RCC, cases may be called out of order to accommodate the attorneys’ needed presence in other courtrooms before other judges. • You may not request the defendant and have him/her placed in a holding cell, while you await the arrival of opposing counsel. 4) There shall be NO TALKING in the courtroom while courtroom proceedings are in progress unless a recess has been called. • Conversations between or amongst attorneys and/or defendants and victims must be conducted outside of the courtroom to minimize noise and maintain the required decorum. • Conversations with defendants, if detained, must have occurred prior to the defendant being brought to the courtroom, unless specifically authorized otherwise by the Court. 5) If there are any in-custody defendants who are creating a disturbance or acting out prior to being called, please notify the Court. • Indigency for completion, and for a determination on whether or not he/she qualifies for appointment of the Public Defender, and if an appointment is then made, for time to consult with the Public Defender prior to Arraignment or Plea. 7) Defense counsel shall not waive the presence of any in-custody defendant, who has been transported to the courthouse from the jail, without prior approval of the Court or absent good cause. • Any waivers of appearance of the defendant shall be in writing and filed with the clerk. • However, there shall be no waiver of defendant’s appearance at Final Pre- • Do not move or remove the microphone from the podium. 9) Side Bar conferences during morning docket are discouraged and shall be kept to a minimum - i.e., for the following type of issues: 1) Defendant’s cooperation with law enforcement/SAO; 2) Defendant’s mental or physical health matters; 3) Scheduling conflicts due to personal reasons of counsel. 10) The Court shall schedule cases as follows: • Reserved for Trial or Hearings 11) At Arraignment, the State shall be prepared to advise the Court of the following: a) the Defendant’s sentencing guidelines; b) the State offer, if one is to be made; c) the speedy trial date; and d) whether discovery has already been provided, and if not, the reason why it has not already been provided. -- 2 of 4 -- 3 12) After Arraignment, the Court shall pass the case for 1 Pre-Trial (PT) conference, approximately 3-4 weeks later, and then at that first PT conference, the Court shall set the matter for trial sometime within the 5th month after arrest, unless circumstances dictate otherwise. • A Final Pre-Trial (FPT) conference shall be scheduled in each case which has been scheduled for jury selection. • FPTs shall be held 1 week before jury selection, i.e. the Monday before the Monday jury selection. 13) Once a case is set for trial, this Court shall distribute a written Trial Order (sample attached), by which all parties shall abide. 14) At the Final Pre-Trial Conference, the Defendant shall be present (there shall be no waiver of Defendant’s appearance at FPT), as well as the attorney(s) who are to try the case. • REQUESTED DATE. -- 3 of 4 -- 4 18) If an attorney wishes to effectuate an “in court add-on” of another case not on the docket, the attorney shall notify the Deputy Clerk of Court before the Judge takes the bench or prior to the case being called, so as to allow sufficient time for the necessary paperwork to be prepared by the clerk. “In court add-ons” should not occur with frequency and shall be kept to a minimum. 19) If an attorney or Defendant cannot appear in person for a pre-trial conference, the Court will allow appearance via Zoom, pursuant to Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.116, “Use of Communication Technology.” -- 4 of 4 -- • In order to assure the timely and just disposition of all pending cases in Division CR-E of the Fourth Judicial Circuit, the State of Florida and Defense counsel (or pro se Defendant) shall comply with the following provisions of this Order: • The State of Florida and Defense counsel are encouraged to engage in plea agreement discussions, and if a plea agreement is reached, the Court shall be notified prior to entry of the plea for Court approval. • Plea forms shall be reviewed with the defendant, initialed and/or signed in all indicated locations prior to addressing the Court for the plea colloquy. • All motions of a non-evidentiary nature that do not require the completion of discovery shall be filed within 30 days of initial Arraignment of the • All motions requiring the taking of evidence shall be filed at least 2 weeks prior to the Final Pre-Trial • Conference, and a copy of the motion shall be delivered to the presiding Judge’s office (either by electronic filing submission, U.S. mail, email, fax, or hand delivery) when filed. • All motions in limine shall be filed prior to or on the date of the Final Pre-Trial Conference. • No amendment to any pleadings shall be permitted after the Final Pre-Trial Conference without approval of the Court. • Consolidation of multiple cases or for Joinder of defendants for purposes of trial shall be filed at least 30 days before the Final Pre-Trial Conference. • Pre-Trial Conferences shall be conducted on the MONDAY prior to the scheduled trial date. • The attorneys who shall be trying the case shall be present, unless previously excused by the Court. • All discovery shall be completed prior to the Final Pre-Trial unless extended by agreement of the parties or by order of the Court. • All Motions for Continuance shall be in writing and must be filed by the Final Pre-Trial Conference. • Jury selection shall commence at 10:30 a.m. on the Monday the case is set for trial. • Counsel for the defense shall make sure his/her client is appropriately dressed and present at least 15 minutes prior to the time for jury selection. • Defense shall meet and review all exhibits that either party seeks to introduce at trial. • Counsel shall coordinate with the Deputy Clerk of the Court in pre-marking of all exhibits prior to the presentation of testimony. • Those exhibits entered into evidence by stipulation shall be pre-marked into evidence as numbered exhibits. • Otherwise, if a party objects to the admission of an exhibit into evidence, those exhibits shall be pre-marked for identification purposes as lettered exhibits. • It shall be the responsibility of counsel to make sure that appropriate evidence stickers are placed on each exhibit prior to the presentation of evidence. • Prior to the presentation of evidence, the State and the Defense shall provide the Court and the Deputy Clerk of Court with Exhibit Lists. • Additionally, counsel for the State and Defense shall provide to the Deputy Clerk of Court prior to or at jury selection the list of possible witnesses that may testify in the case, so that those witness names may be disclosed to the jury panel by the Court during jury selection, in order to determine if any juror has knowledge of the witness. -- 2 of 3 -- 3 • Court with requested Jury Instructions no later than 5:00pm on the day of jury selection. • Further, following the Charge Conference in trial, once a revised and final version of the instructions has been created, the State shall provide those instructions to the Court on a flash drive in order to display the instructions to the jury on the courtroom video monitors during the Court’s reading of the instructions to the jury. • In the event counsel for a Defendant shall decide as a matter of trial strategy that a defendant should admit or stipulate to any element of the charged offense, or any lesser-included offense, the Court shall be notified of this strategy prior to jury selection so that an appropriate inquiry can be made of the • In the event the State or the Defense shall desire to impeach a witness by a prior inconsistent statement, a copy of the prior statement shall be furnished to the witness at trial while they are testifying, and to the
All attorneys shall be available and prepared to handle their assigned cases as called by the Court, pursuant to #2 below. 2) Judge Salvador shall announce the cases to be called during the morning docket, in the following order (with some exceptions – see #3, #5 and #6 below): 1) Out-of-custody defendants 2) Female inmates 3) Male inmates
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