UPDATE – here is the 17th Circuit’s Temp 32 AO piggybacking on the Supreme Court changes …
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New AO from the Florida Supreme Court extending emergency conditions through May 29th …
Jeff Marcus sent an office wide SAO email this morning with great news: the female DVU ASA with concerns is negative for Covid-19.
No word yet on the other ASA.
The email ends this way:
We do not intend to change our policy. We will still not attend in court hearings in person.
Cancelled Friday Docket – to be handled Tuesday. If you had a previously scheduled Tuesday hearing, check to see if it’s still on …
Thanks to Anonymous at 2:07 PM today for the following alert. As reported previously, First Appearances and Emergency Dockets are being transformed to a Zoom platform to limit further exposure in the jails. The logistics for generating emailed meeting invites and other procedural issues are still being ironed out, and the whole scramble to keep courts up and running means any type of broadcast may be a casualty for the short term …
In the meantime, the Public Defender’s Office has sent this letter to Greg Tony and Mike Satz, hoping to stay ahead of the in-custody Covid-19 time bomb. The following specific suggestions and common sense recommendations have been made:
Lastly, the JQC, remotely or not, is still hard at work. Here are the formal charges and recommended discipline for Hamilton County’s Sonny Scaff, who admitted to not following statutes and rules governing First Appearances by holding telephonic, ex parte hearings, amongst other things, after having been “previously cautioned” by the JQC. In light of his acceptance of responsibility and the following implemented fixes, Scaff and the JQC are hoping the Supreme Court will go along with a public reprimand …
Michael Davis appointed today to circuit court to replace Raag Singhal, creating a vacancy in county court.
Congratulations!
Here is the docket for Monday’s emergency bond hearings and pleas, assuming it’s not cancelled. No word yet if today’s cancelled docket will be heard Monday …
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The SAO has just advised in another office wide email that a second ASA has been tested after exhibiting symptoms. The ASA has also agreed to release his name, so that information is available if you have concerns …
The SAO has sent an office wide email naming the ASA, with her permission. We won’t release that email, but the information is available if you have personal concerns …
Sent by Monica Hofheinz at 1:29 PM:
Because of positives in the jail, bond hearings and pleas are cancelled for today …
Sent by Jeff Marcus at 12:06 PM, lending credence to rumors there have been exposures in First Appearances, and possibly signs of infection may be present in at least one case …
