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Judge Coates requires a courtesy copy of all FILED speedy-trial demands and notices of expiration, and counsel must know when speedy runs at every status check; no unilateral hearing settings.
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"The Court shall be provided a courtesy copy of all FILED demands for speedy trial or notices of expiration" / "Parties must be prepared at any status checks to advise the Court of when speedy runs" / "No hearings shall be set unilaterally without coordinating with the Judicial Assistant."
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 | Superseded in practice by fl15-div-v-instructions (composed 2026-08-03 from the current page after the July rotation).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 8794e5be91e184a16f44b93d908f95342971d32744159d753e9bbed5f558e549); all 3 quoted source fragment(s) verified live. Text remains a summary — verbatim recomposition queued.] [RECOMPOSED VERBATIM 2026-08-04 (campaign wave, fully-anchored): 3 bullet(s) quoted whole from the live page, sha256 02737741ac016bb2bb389dd36c01277be963696fb604705aa570e3c3f4f0a257; the prior summary-class text is superseded.]
10 verbatim courtroom requirements from Judge Margaret R. Taylor's published division procedures.
Judge Taylor (under the shared County Criminal Standing Pretrial Order): continuance motions for in-custody defendants must be filed at least 48 hours before the court date to cancel jail transport, and all pleas are in person absent a pre-approved plea in absentia.
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