25-01, SUPERSEDES 24-01 2ND AMENDED IN RE: JUDGES - APPOINTMENT OF CIRCUIT JUDGES TO HANDLE COUNTY COURT CASES IN CERTAIN SITUATIONS - SIGNED BY CHARLES G. CRAWFORD ON 01/06/2025.
EXCERPT: “Due to the fact that it is necessary, from time to time, for circuit judges to hear and determine matters of the county court when a judge of that court is not available, and in order to maximize the efficient administration of justice and judicial labor in the Eighteenth Judicial Circuit, it is thereupon, ORDERED:
1. That qualified circuit judges in Brevard and Seminole Counties are authorized and directed to supplement and aid the county judges of the Eighteenth Judicial Circuit by sitting as county judges in the following matters:
a. Initial and second appearances in criminal justice cases;
b. Misdemeanor crimes;
c. All tasks related to violation of probation for misdemeanor crimes;
d. County court civil infraction hearings.
2. For purposes of conducting the aforementioned proceedings, I determine the following circuit judges to be appropriately qualified: (Open AO for more information.)”
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