{"id":"SD-050","kind":"order","level":"court","jurisdiction":"Fourth Judicial Circuit (Butte, Corson, Dewey, Harding, Lawrence, Meade, Perkins, Ziebach Counties)","state":"SD","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Presiding Judge Michael W. Day; approved by the Supreme Court November 17, 2020","authority":"Supreme Court Order Declaring Judicial Emergency; Fourth Circuit Administrative Order","instrument":"Order Regarding Moratorium on Jury Trials as Part of Covid-19 Pandemic Response","title":"Order Regarding Moratorium on Jury Trials","dateIssued":"2020-11-16","effective":"2020-11-16","end":"2020-12-31","startDate":"2020-11-16","endDate":"2020-12-31","quarters":["2020Q4"],"types":["CRT"],"addressees":["all courts of the Fourth Circuit"],"clause":"in response to a recent surge of COVID-19 cases statewide and within the Fourth Circuit. It is hereby ORDERED that the moratorium on jury trials is extended through December 31, 2020, except as follows. Any judge may schedule and conduct a jury trial involving an in-custody criminal defendant if that judge concludes that the trial may be conducted in a manner consistent with the then-existing Centers for Disease Control guidelines","enforcement":"Court order","functions":["CT civil and criminal jury trials suspended (Black Hills counties other than Pennington)"],"notes":"Winter re-tightening","sourceUrl":"https://ujs.sd.gov/uploads/news/Covid19FourthCircuitMoratoriumJuryTrials.pdf","snapshot":"http://web.archive.org/web/20210122194201/https://ujs.sd.gov/uploads/news/Covid19FourthCircuitMoratoriumJuryTrials.pdf","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":68270,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"SD","url":"/library/SD-050","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/SD-050","citation":"Presiding Judge Michael W. Day; approved by the Supreme Court November 17, 2020, Order Regarding Moratorium on Jury Trials as Part of Covid-19 Pandemic Response (Nov. 16, 2020) (Ex. SD-050)","stateName":"South Dakota","related":[]}