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                                YMLCrRLJ  6.1.1
                                 TRIAL BY JURY


    (e)(1) Any case confirmed for jury trial by both parties at the disposition
hearing shall remain set for a jury trial.

    (e)(2)(i) Before noon on the Tuesday before the disposition hearing, the
prosecutor, the defense attorney or the defendant, if appearing pro se, shall
confirm the jury trial to the clerk of the court or advise that some other
disposition has been reached by written mailed confirmation attorney messenger
service or by faxing the court.  The confirmation must be received by the noon
deadline to be effective.

    (e)(2)(ii) Failure of a party to confirm the jury trial as required shall cause
the case to be stricken as a jury trial.

    (f) Except for good cause shown, any case confirmed for jury trial and not
proceeding to a jury trial as scheduled, unless such delay is the result of
jury trial priority, shall be subject to terms, including costs for an unused
jury of not less than $250.00, witness fees, and other terms deemed
appropriate by the Court.

    (g) Scheduled and confirmed jury trials shall proceed and be called  according
to the priority of speedy trial limits.  In the event of more than one jury
trial being scheduled and confirmed, cases having a lower priority shall be set
as trailing,  to be called as soon as possible that day or the next available
judicial day.

    (h) Upon settlement of a case scheduled for jury trial prior to the
confirmation/settlement deadline provided according  to these rules, the
parties shall notify the Court in writing, to strike the jury.
	

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