Harrison County Courts, Indiana Document Format Requirements

Proposed final jury instructions must be on letter-size paper, double-spaced, with all designations and indications for the Court’s disposition in the bottom three inches.

Proposed final instructions, special or pattern, shall be submitted on letter size (8 ½ x 11) paper, double-spaced, with all designations including indications for the Court’s disposition placed on the bottom three (3) inches of the instruction.

The parties must submit a second, unidentified set of proposed final instructions containing only the statement of law; that set may be sent with the jury during deliberations.

The parties shall submit a second set of proposed final instructions containing no designation of who submitted them, or other identifying references, and shall contain only the statement of law. This set of jury instructions may be sent with the jury to the jury room for use during deliberations.

Disks containing an electronic transcript must be designated as the Original Transcript, Court Reporter’s Copy, and Court’s Copy, and labeled with specified case and transcript information.

Multiple disks containing the electronically formatted transcript shall be prepared and designated as “Original Transcript”, “Court Reporter’s Copy” and “Court’s Copy”. Each disk shall be labeled to identify the case number, the names of the parties, the date completed, the court reporter’s name, and the disk number if more than one disk is required for a complete transcript.

After a written transcript request or praecipe is filed, the Court Reporter must produce both an original paper transcript and an electronically formatted transcript of the requested proceeding.

Upon the filing of a written request or praecipe for transcript, the Court Reporter shall transcribe any Court proceeding requested and produce an original paper transcript along with an electronically formatted transcript.