Mariposa Superior Court Document Format Requirements

The parties may submit additional typewritten or printed instructions which shall contain the authorities relied upon, shall be sequentially numbered and shall follow the standard CACI format.

The parties may submit additional typewritten or printed instructions which shall contain the authorities relied upon, shall be sequentially numbered and shall follow the standard CACI format.

Parties must use California Judicial Council-promulgated or sponsored instructions to the extent possible.

To the extent possible parties must use instructions promulgated or sponsored by the California Judicial Council.

Motions that cannot be resolved within one-half hour on the morning of trial must be made in writing.

All motions that may not be heard and disposed of within one-half hour on the morning of trial shall be made in writing

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Requested jury instructions must be submitted one per page with a five-inch top margin; typical CACI headings may appear in that margin and will not be read to the jury.

At the commencement of trial counsel shall serve upon all other parties participating in the trial and deliver to the trial judge a written request captioned in the action and entitled “Instructions Requested by (name of party),” to which shall be attached an edited copy of all instructions requested, with one instruction per page and a five-inch margin at the top of the page which may, however, include typical CACI headings, which will not be read to the jury.