RULE 9.  MOTIONS AND HEARINGS

  (A) Pre-trial Hearings.  All cases set for a jury or non-
jury trial shall be set for a pre-trial hearing prior to the
trial date. The City Attorney, the defendant and the defense
attorney, if any, shall attend the hearing.

  (B) Motions.  All motions, including but not limited to
amendment to the charges, for continuance and CrRLJ 3.5
hearings shall be heard at the pre-trial hearing.  Motions
will not be considered at the time of trial unless they
could not have been raised at the pre-trial hearing, or the
court on its own motion continued a matter to the time of
trial.

  (C) Subpoenas.  A party wishing the attendance of a
witness at a hearing shall be responsible for subpoenas of
such witnesses, except that the City Attorney shall subpoena
necessary witnesses for a CrRLJ 3.5 hearing if the defendant
or his attorney has requested in writing such attendance and
has given notice for such motion as set forth herein.  A
party requesting the court to subpoena a witness shall
provide the name and address of the witness, a statement of
the relevance of the testimony, and payment of $50.00 per
requested subpoena to pay for the witness fee and mileage,
and costs of service.

  (D) Testimonial Hearing Notice.  A party bringing a
motion which will require testimony, including CrRLJ 3.5
hearings, shall give separate notice of such to the clerk
and the opposing party not less than two weeks prior to the
hearing.  Failure to comply with this rule may result in the
striking of the motion, its denial or terms.

  (E) Attendance Required.  The defendant must attend every
scheduled court proceeding.  If a defendant fails to attend,
a bench warrant may issue for his/her arrest by the judge or
court personnel upon direction of the judge and all
scheduled court dates may be stricken at the discretion of
the court.  The court may impose an additional fee for the
issuance of any bench warrant for failure to appear.   The
time period from the hearing missed by a defendant to
his/her next appearance in court shall not be included in
any time limitation requirements but rather time limits
shall begin anew from such next appearance.

[Adopted September 3. 1991; amended effective September 1, 2001.]