LCrRLJ 6.1
                  JURY TRIAL READINESS HEARING


A Jury Trial Readiness Hearing will be scheduled during the week
prior to the Jury Term Week.  The Defendant must be present with
his or her attorney, who may appear telephonically when called.
The failure of the Defendant to appear at this hearing, unless
excused by the Court, may result in the issuance of a bench
warrant and the jury trial being stricken, and shall be deemed a
Waiver of the Defendant’s Right to Speedy Trial.  At the hearing
the following matters will be concluded:

     1.   All plea negotiations;
     2.   Exchange of witness lists;
     3.   Providing any discovery not previously completed by the Pre-
          Trial Conference; and,
     4.   Motions on legal issues arising subsequent to the Jury Pre-
          Trial Conference or on issues arising due to new evidence.

When a cause assigned for jury trial is settled, or will not be
tried by a jury for any reason, notice of that fact shall be
given immediately to the Court Clerk.  In the event the notice is
given after the readiness hearing, the party electing not to have
it’s case heard by a jury shall pay a jury administrative
reimbursement fee equal to the actual costs incurred by the Court
for the jury trial, unless the Judge determines that those costs
and fees shall not be paid.

[Effective September 1, 2002, amended effective September 1, 2003]