SPEEDY TRIAL – Eighteenth Judicial Circuit Courts https://flcourts18.org Proudly Serving the Citizens of Brevard & Seminole Counties Tue, 29 Oct 2024 15:13:39 +0000 en hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://flcourts18.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/blueseal-100x100.png SPEEDY TRIAL – Eighteenth Judicial Circuit Courts https://flcourts18.org 32 32 1988 Admin Order 88-21 https://flcourts18.org/document/88-21/ Tue, 30 Nov 2021 21:27:01 +0000 https://flcourts18.org/document/88-21/ EXCERPT: “Where an attorney is scheduled to appear before two or more judges at the same time and cannot arrange for other counsel in his or her firm or in the case to represent the client’s interest, the attorney shall give prompt written notice to opposing counsel and the presiding judge of each case of the conflict. The judges shall confer and undertake to avoid the conflict by agreement among themselves. Absent agreement, conflicts should be promptly resolved by the judges in accordance with the following priorities: (Open AO for more information.)”

]]> 1982 Admin Order 82-19 https://flcourts18.org/document/82-19/ Tue, 30 Nov 2021 21:26:27 +0000 https://flcourts18.org/document/82-19/ EXCERPT: “WHEREAS, in keeping with the court’s responsibility to the public, the Circuit Judges of the Eighteenth Judicial Circuit therefore are especially concerned that justice be served by adherence to and consideration of the factors involved in its application, and WHEREAS, if any part of the Criminal Justice System fails to perform its duty in regard to compliance with the Speedy Trial Rule, the operative interests of all its other parts are rendered null and void, and WHEREAS, there exists an evident need to establish a uniform policy and procedure, it is therefore, hereby, (Open AO for more information.)”

]]> 2015 Admin Order 15-15-b https://flcourts18.org/document/15-15-b/ Tue, 30 Nov 2021 21:08:09 +0000 https://flcourts18.org/document/15-15-b/ WHEREAS, notices of expiration of speedy trial, motions for discharge and demands for speedy trial in criminal cases often require expedited hearings; and,

WHEREAS, attorneys representing criminal defendants have on occasion included notices of expiration of speedy trial, motions for discharge, and demands for speedy trial together with other motions, resulting in routine scheduling of hearings on said motions; and,

WHEREAS, there have been delays in the scheduling of notices of expiration of speedy trial, motions for discharge, and demands for speedy trial it is hereby: ORDERED that;

  1. All notices of expiration of speedy trial, motions for discharge, and demands for speedy trial shall be filed as separate pleadings with correct descriptive titles.
  2. The attorneys filing notices of expiration of speedy trial, motions for discharge, and demands for speedy trial, are to immediately provide the judge to whom the case is assigned a copy of said motion within 24 hours of filing, by hand delivery or email.
  3. The Clerk of Court shall provide the judge to whom a criminal case is assigned by electronic means, copies of notices of expiration of speedy trial, motions for discharge, and demands for speedy trial within 24 hours of filing.

Done and Ordered this 27th day of January 2015.

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