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Baldwin's Kentucky Revised Statutes Annotated53rd Judicial Circuit - Anderson, Shelby and Spencer Circuit Courts

Baldwin's Kentucky Revised Statutes Annotated
53rd Judicial Circuit - Anderson, Shelby and Spencer Circuit Courts
KY RASS Rule 19
Rule 19. Standards of conduct and technology governing electronic media and still photography coverage of judicial proceedings, and post-trial contact with jurors
The Standards of Conduct and Technology Governing Electronic Media and Still Photography Coverage of Judicial Proceedings as adopted by the Kentucky Supreme Court, effective July 1, 1981, shall apply to all judicial proceedings in the 53rd Judicial Circuit and are adopted as a part of these Rules as if fully set forth herein and shall be strictly complied with by all news media.
For the purposes of this rule, the terms “media coverage” and “news media” shall be used as a generic term which encompasses television film and videotape cameras, still photography cameras, and audio recording devices, radio broadcast equipment and any similar photographic or audio equipment.
In addition, the following shall apply to proceedings in:
SHELBY COUNTY
1. The general public and news media shall not have access to the office and working spaces on the third floor of the courthouse for petit juries, grand juries and court personnel.
2. No interviews shall take place on the third floor of the courthouse when either the court or the grand jury is actively in session. Cameras shall be permitted in the courtroom so long as prior arrangements for setting up the equipment before court proceedings begin have been made with the Shelby County Sheriff and/or his designated Deputy the day prior to the court proceeding.
ANDERSON COUNTY
1. The general public and news media shall not have access to the office and working spaces on the second floor of the courthouse for petit juries, grand juries and court personnel.
2. No interviews shall take place on the second floor of the courthouse when either the court or the grand jury is actively in session. Cameras shall be permitted in the courtroom so long as prior arrangements for setting up the equipment before court proceedings begin have been made with the Anderson County Sheriff and/or his designated Deputy the day prior to the court proceeding.
SPENCER COUNTY
1. The general public and news media shall not have access to the office and working spaces on the second floor of the courthouse for petit juries, grand juries and court personnel.
2. No interviews shall take place on the second floor of the courthouse when either the court or the grand jury is actively in session. Cameras shall be permitted in the courtroom so long as prior arrangements for setting up the equipment before court proceedings begin have been made with the Spencer County Sheriff and/or his designated Deputy the day prior to the court proceeding.
CONTACT WITH JURORS
Except as provided in RCr 10.04 and CR 47.01, jurors on any jury panel for the 53rd Judicial Circuit shall not be examined while said jurors are called for jury service on any case. After jurors have been discharged from jury service on said case, the juror may be interviewed, examined, or questioned by any attorney or any other persons to the extent allowed by law. Contact with jurors is discouraged. Prior to any contact, each juror to be contacted should be advised of their right not to have to speak with or discuss, in any way, their service as a juror, their impressions, their beliefs, their position on, or their views concerning any aspect of any trial or proceeding in which they were involved.

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HISTORY: Amended effective October 14, 2022. Prior amendments effective March 28, 2018; January 14, 2008.
Anderson, Shelby and Spencer Circuit Court Rule 19, KY R ANDERSON CIR CT Rule 19
Current with amendments received through November 15, 2023. Some rules may be more current, see credits for details.
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