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Judge Collins requires in-person appearance for plea conferences, calendar calls, and evidentiary hearings absent prior approval — and everyone, including the defendant, present the first morning of the trial period.
Florida > Fifteenth Judicial Circuit > Palm Beach County > Criminal Division U / BUI (Judge Sherri L. Collins)
"Plea Conferences, Calendar Calls, and Evidentiary Hearings must be in person absent prior approval from the Court" / "All parties including the Defendant must be present in person on the first morning of the designated trial period"
Reviewer note: Verified against the live official page on 2026-07-05. 30-day recheck scheduled. | 2026-08-03: the source (rendered DOM (headless Chromium)) no longer contains this rule's quoted text; dropped to medium pending re-composition against the current version. | Superseded in practice by fl15-div-u-instructions (composed 2026-08-03 from the current page after the July rotation). [MEDIUM CONFIRMED 2026-08-03 (paraphrase-class): source re-fetched live (sha256 7f5af720dd800b3d21998af4bbc63e011bfdf758119e33b0ab497f15a5cceb9e); all 2 quoted source fragment(s) verified live. Text remains a summary — verbatim recomposition queued.] [RECOMPOSED VERBATIM 2026-08-04 (campaign wave, fully-anchored): 2 bullet(s) quoted whole from the live page, sha256 e73e1e033c57030bd5bd626a6c472fba2dacbbbd41ccfa0ae0e6d7aba6cb2371; the prior summary-class text is superseded.]
1 verbatim requirement published by Palm Beach Division FC on remote appearance policy.
Judge Hooi does not usually allow hybrid hearings (one side in person, one virtual); if both sides prefer, everyone may appear in person instead; emergencies route through the clerk to a judge-entered handling order.
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