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Rule 205 Trials

Baldwin's Kentucky Revised Statutes Annotated44th Judicial Circuit - Bell Circuit Court

Baldwin's Kentucky Revised Statutes Annotated
44th Judicial Circuit - Bell Circuit Court
Section I: General Rules
Rule 2. Court Scheduling; Motion Practice; Procedures for Filing
KY RBLC Rule 205
Rule 205 Trials
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1. Scheduling. (a) Trials in all actions, civil or criminal, shall be scheduled to begin on Tuesdays or Thursdays only. At the time the trial is scheduled, the parties shall inform the Court of the expected length of the trial to enable the Court to set aside an appropriate number of days.
(b) At any time, the Court may sua sponte reassign the trial of an action to another date.
2. Continuances. Any party may file of record with the Bell Circuit Court Clerk a motion for a continuance at any time before ten (10) days prior to trial. Such a motion shall be noticed for a hearing at the convenience of the Court, and shall state the reason(s) for the requested continuance. If another party objects to a continuance, he shall file of record such objection within five (5) days thereafter. Oral motions for a continuance may be made at any scheduled court appearance preceding the trial, or during the trial. However, no motion made after ten (10) days before the trial shall be granted except in cases of substantial necessity.
3. Jury Instructions. (a) Unless the Court orders otherwise, the parties shall tender to the Court and to one another any proposed jury instructions at least two (2) days prior to the day on which it is expected the jury will receive instructions. However, a party may request to modify its proposed jury instructions at any time before the Court rules upon the final instructions to be submitted to the jury.
(b) During trial, the parties shall have and make available for the Court a copy of proposed jury instructions in electronic format on a readily accessible media device (e.g. a USB drive, or compact disk), which may be used by the parties and the Court in the composition of the final jury instructions to be submitted to the jury.

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HISTORY: Adopted effective April 11, 2012.
Bell Circuit Court Rule 205, KY R BELL CIR CT Rule 205
Current with amendments received through November 15, 2023. Some rules may be more current, see credits for details.
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