FELONY – Eighteenth Judicial Circuit Courts https://flcourts18.org Proudly Serving the Citizens of Brevard & Seminole Counties Wed, 06 Nov 2024 18:18:22 +0000 en hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://flcourts18.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/cropped-pngwing.com13-32x32.webp FELONY – Eighteenth Judicial Circuit Courts https://flcourts18.org 32 32 1985 Admin Order 85-12-b https://flcourts18.org/document/85-12-b/ Tue, 30 Nov 2021 21:26:43 +0000 https://flcourts18.org/document/85-12-b/ It appears to the Court that attorneys in felony trials are requesting jury instructions orally or by typed sheet containing only the instruction numbers. This is an unsatisfactory practice. It is thereupon ORDERED as follows:

  1. That effective September 1, 1985, attorneys representing the State of Florida and Defendants in felony criminal cases in Brevard County, shall each prepare and present to the trial Judge, a complete set of typed final jury instructions which the attorneys wish the Court to give.
  2. Said instructions shall be typed on separate sheets of 8 1/2 x 11 paper and shall not contain citations of authority, since the instructions may, in the Court’s discretion, be both read and submitted to the jury.

ORDERED at Rockledge, Brevard County, Florida, this 18th day of September 1985.

]]> 2003 Admin Order 03-10-b https://flcourts18.org/document/03-10-b/ Tue, 30 Nov 2021 20:56:14 +0000 https://flcourts18.org/document/03-10-b/ EXCERPT: “WHEREAS, Rule 3.160(a), Florida Rules of Criminal Procedure requires that arraignment shall occur in open court or by audiovisual device; and WHEREAS, Rule 3.160(a), Florida Rules of Criminal Procedure provides that if the defendant is represented by counsel, counsel may file a written plea of not guilty at or before arraignment and thereupon arraignment shall be deemed waived; and WHEREAS, the existing practice in Brevard County for Felony Cases has been to use the scheduled court appearance of Arraignment (also called Second Appearance) as a means to track cases and defendants until an Indictment, Information, or Notice of No Information is filed by the State; and WHEREAS, the existing practice in Brevard County for the arraignment of defendants who are charged with a felony has demonstrated inefficiencies of rescheduled court appearances; created delays in arraignment where a written plea of not guilty has been filed by counsel; and created increasingly large arraignment dockets; and WHEREAS, Rule 2.050, Florida Rules of Judicial Administration authorizes the Chief Judge to oversee and establish procedures that will provide for the efficient scheduling and processing of cases before all courts within the circuit; THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED that, The Clerk of the Court shall schedule the Arraignment date in all felony cases to occur on the first available arraignment docket four (4) weeks from the date of the defendant’s initial arrest. (Open AO for more information.)”

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