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New language is proposed to be added to subsection b 3 to
take account of camera-equipped cellular phones and similar
technology. As a practical matter, this may impose additional
burdens on courthouse security and bailiffs; but it is important
to make clear that these devices are prohibited. Jury rooms are
added to the list of locations where devices that capture images
are prohibited.
With respect to the use of the phrase, “at least five days
before ...” in subsection c 1, a cross reference to Rule 1-203
(b) is proposed to be added following that subsection.
Under proposed new section d, the presiding judge decides
whether extended coverage will be permitted and controls what
happens in the courtroom during a covered proceeding, and the
local administrative judge makes whatever decisions and
arrangements are necessary to get the media personnel and their
equipment from the door of the courthouse to the door of the
courtroom involved.
Certain references in section f, Restrictions on Extended
Coverage, are proposed for deletion because they appear to refer
to criminal proceedings, extended coverage of which is prohibited
by Code, Criminal Procedure Article, §1-201.
The proposed reorganization and renumbering of the
provisions in section g is stylistic.
Professor Frederic I. Lederer of the Courtroom 21 Project at
the William and Mary School of Law, who had been asked to review
the Rule, pointed out that the Rule did not address court-owned
or court-controlled electronic or photographic equipment or
materials. The Committee recommends the addition of a Committee
note after section g to fill this gap.
MARYLAND RULES OF PROCEDURE
TITLE 16 - COURTS, JUDGES, AND ATTORNEYS
CHAPTER 800 - MISCELLANEOUS
AMEND Rule 16-811 to delete provisions pertaining to
decertification and add provisions pertaining to temporary
suspension, as follows:
Rule 16-811. CLIENT PROTECTION FUND OF THE BAR OF MARYLAND
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