Conduct of Judges and Court Personnel in Criminal Cases

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Part IV. ConDuCt of JuDGes anD Court

Personnel In CrImInal Cases

Standard 8-4.1. Extrajudicial Statements and

Disclosure of Information by

Court Personnel

(a) Subject to any additional limitations imposed by the appli-

cable rules of judicial conduct or other local or professional rules,

court personnel, including judges and law clerks, should not make,

cause to be made, or condone or authorize the making of any public

extrajudicial statement about a criminal matter other than one con-

cerning the processing of the case.

(b) Court personnel, including judges and law clerks, should not

disclose, cause to be disclosed, or condone or authorize the disclo-

sure of information, images, or documents relating to a criminal

matter that are not part of the public court record. This Standard

should not be construed as prohibiting court personnel from releas-

ing or authorizing the release of a record or document that the court

is required to release under state open records laws or the federal

Freedom of Information Act, upon receipt of a proper request.

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