Clark County Circuit Court, Kentucky Pre-Motion Conference Requirements

CRITICAL

Criminal motions must be set for hearing on the arraignment date, the regular Motion Day at 1:30 p.m., or another time the Court chooses for just cause.

15 .03 Pre-trial Motions : Motions by either the defendant or the Commonwealth in criminal cases shall be brought on for hearing on the date of arraignment, on the regular Motion Day at the hour of 1 :30 p .m ., or at any other time in the discretion of the Court for just cause .

CRITICAL

Final motions must be heard and resolved at the Pre-trial Conference.

15 .05 Final Motions : At Pre-trial Conference, final motions shall be heard and resolved .

CRITICAL

At the Pre-trial Conference, the Commonwealth and defense counsel must represent that they made a good-faith effort to resolve the matters complained of in the indictment justly.

The Commonwealth and defense counsel must represent to the Court that a good faith effort has been made to resolve the matters complained of in the indictment in a just manner .

INFO

A party may request permission to file a reply brief by motion; reply briefs are not stated to be automatically permitted.

Reply briefs may be allowed upon motion of either party .