Switzerland County Courts, Indiana Document Filing Requirements

A contested action will not be scheduled for final hearing unless counsel certifies to the Court that both parties completed the required disclosure and settlement conference.

No contested action will be scheduled for final hearing unless Counsel for either or both parties certify to the Court that the required disclosure and settlement conference has been completed by both parties.

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Cash bail agreement

Anyone posting cash bail for themselves or another person must sign the prescribed agreement.

Any person posting cash bail on their own behalf or on behalf of another person shall be required to sign the following agreement:

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Criminal discovery disclosure

In Murder, Felony, and Class A Misdemeanor cases, the State must disclose the listed discovery within 30 days after the initial hearing; other criminal cases require a discovery order on motion, and the State may use the stated agreed or inspection-based disclosure methods.

The following general order of discovery is automatically entered in all Murder, Felony and Class A Misdemeanor cases1: (A) The State of Indiana shall disclose to the defendant the following material and information on or before thirty (30) days following the initial hearing: (1) the names and last known addresses of persons whom the State may call as witnesses, together with their relevant written or recorded statements, memoranda containing substantially verbatim reports of their oral statements and a list of memoranda reporting or summarizing their oral statements; (2) any written or recorded statements and the substance of any oral statements made by the accused or by a co-defendant, and a list of witnesses to the making and acknowledgment of such statements; (3) any reports or statements of experts made in connection with the particular case, including the results of physical or mental examinations and of scientific tests, experiments or comparisons; (4) any books, papers, documents, photographs or tangible objects which the prosecuting attorney intends to use in the hearing or trial or which were obtained from or belong to the accused; (5) any record of prior criminal convictions which may be used for impeachment of the persons whom the State intends to call as a witness at the hearing or trial; (6) any evidence which tends to negate the guilt of the accused as to the offense charged or would tend to mitigate his/her punishment. The State may perform these obligations in any manner mutually agreeable to itself and defense counsel or by notifying defense counsel that material or information prescribed in general terms, may be inspected, obtained, tested, copied or photographed, at specified reasonable times and places. 1 In all other criminal cases, discovery orders will be entered upon motion of the Prosecuting Attorney, Defendant or Defense Counsel.

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Annual transcript fee report

Each year during the first week of December, the Court Reporter must submit a report of all transcript fees received to the Indiana Supreme Court Division of State Court Administration.

The Court Reporter shall report during the first week of December of each year to the Indiana Supreme Court Division of State Court Administration, on forms prescribed by the Division, all transcript fees (County indigent, State indigent, or Private) received by the Court Reporter.