WMLCrRLJ 4.11
                              STATUS CONFERENCES


  (a)       The Clerk of the Court shall set a pre-trial status/readiness
hearing for every case set for jury trial. The conference shall be set two
weeks prior to jury trial date. All parties must be in attendance at the
readiness hearing in order to proceed to trial. Should the defendant fail to
appear for the readiness hearing, the trial will be stricken, the F T A will
be noted and a summons will be ordered for the appearance of the defendant.