Crawford County Municipal Court, Ohio Chambers Communication Rules

CRITICAL

Defense counsel must notify the Clerk of changes in the number of charges.

and to notify the Clerk of the number changes.

CRITICAL

Counsel, parties, and witnesses must not have any contact with jurors.

Under no circumstances shall counsel, a party, or other witness, have any contact with jurors.

CRITICAL

Communications between the Judge and the jury panel must be written or placed on the open-court record, and counsel must be informed and given an opportunity to be heard.

All communications between the Judge and the members of the jury panel, from the time of reporting to the Court through dismissal, shall be committed to writing or placed on the record in open Court. Counsel for each party shall be informed of any communications, and shall be given the opportunity to be heard as to such communication.

WARNING

Contact

Phone

For a settlement or voluntary dismissal, the person pursuing each claim may notify the Court by telephone.

In cases of settlement or voluntary dismissal, the Court will accept notice of the same by telephone from the person pursuing each claim.

WARNING

The Clerk’s office is open for business weekdays from 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., except legal holidays, but the Court may designate other closures.

The Office of the Clerk shall be open for the transaction of business from 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday each week, legal holidays excepted. The Clerk’s office may be closed at such other times as the Court may designate.

INFO

Counsel are encouraged to provide available dates to the Clerk.

It is suggested that counsel provide available dates to the Clerk.