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Local Rules of Superior Court of California, County of Imperial Chapter 4 at which time the defendant will be arraigned on the information. Criminal Rules (e) In other cases, defendants charged by information with one or more felonies Division 1 are arraigned in the master calendar Misdemeanor and Felony department by the SCJ or any other judge who may be assigned to that department. The SCJ (or other judge Rule 4.1.0 Filing Locations; Calendaring assigned) thereafter hears and determines felony pretrial motions, (a) Out of custody misdemeanor presides over readiness conferences, complaints are filed in the venue and, where not inconsistent with law, referred to in Rule 2.7 except that assists in the disposition of cases criminal misdemeanor matters arising without trial. At readiness in the Winterhaven venue are filed in conferences, the SCJ assigns cases for the El Centro Wake or El Centro trial to judges on the criminal team. Main Courthouses. (f) The Clerk of the Criminal (b) In custody misdemeanor complaints Department calendars felony are filed in the El Centro Wake Court arraignments and all other post- or the El Centro Main Court. preliminary hearing pre-trials and hearings in the master calendar (c) Felony complaints are filed at the El department. When a case is assigned Centro Wake Court or the El Centro for trial from the master calendar, the Main Court. The cases are heard at courtroom clerk transfers the file to the El Centro Wake Court, where assigned department and advises Jury defendants are then arraigned, and Commissioner staff of the where pre-trials and preliminary assignment. hearings are held. When scheduling difficulties preclude a preliminary (g) Grand Jury indictments are received hearing from being heard at the El in the Court where the grand jury is Centro Wake Court, the preliminary seated, and are filed in El Centro hearing may be assigned to be heard Wake or El Centro Main. by another bench officer. The Supervising Criminal Division Judge (h) Juvenile infractions cited in Imperial (“SCJ”) may direct such an County are filed in the El Centro assignment. Main Courthouse.

(d) Where a defendant charged with one [Adopted July 1, 2007, subd (h) adopted 01/01/10, Rule 4.0 renumbered to 4.1.0 01/01/12, subd (a)(b)(c) amended or more felonies is held to answer 01/01/14, subd (h) amended 01/01/20, subd following preliminary hearing (or (a)(b)(c)(d)(g)(h) amended 01/01/24, subd (d) amended where a preliminary hearing is 07/01/25] waived), an information must be filed with the El Centro Wake or El Centro Rule 4.1.1 Peremptory Challenges Main Courthouse, as required by law, unless the parties stipulate to deem When a misdemeanor is assigned for trial, the complaint as the information after any peremptory challenge must be filed the held to answer order of the Court,

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