Such a special order may be addressed to some or all of the following subjects:
A. A proscription of extrajudicial statements by participants in the trial,
including lawyers, parties, witnesses, jurors, and court officials, that might
divulge prejudicial matter not of public record in the case;
B. Specific directives regarding the clearing of entrances to the hallways in
the courthouse and respecting the management of the jury and witnesses
during the course of the trial to avoid their mingling with or being in the
proximity of reporters, photographers, parties, lawyers, and others, both in
entering and leaving the courtroom and courthouse, and during recesses in
the trial;
C. A specific direction that the jurors refrain from reading, listening to, or
watching news reports concerning the case, and that they similarly refrain
from discussing the case with anyone, or with one another, during the trial
and from communicating with others in any manner during their
deliberations;
D. Sequestration of the jury on motion of either party or of the court without
disclosure of the identity of the movant;
E. Direction that the names and addresses of jurors or prospective jurors not
be publicly released except as required by statute, and that no photograph
be taken or sketch made of any juror within the environs of the court;
F. Insulation of witnesses from news interviews during the trial period;
G. Specific provisions regarding the seating of spectators and representatives
of news-media, including:
1. An order that no member of the public or news-media
representative be at any time permitted within the bar
railing;
2. The allocation of seats to news-media representatives in
cases where there is an excess of requests over the number
of seats available, taking into account any pooling
arrangement that may have been agreed to among the
news-media representatives.
LOCAL CRIMINAL RULE 58 – PROCEDURE
FOR MISDEMEANORS AND OTHER PETTY OFFENSES
