court procedures and deposition rules

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court reporters function in preliminary proceedings

upon the request of a judge, magistrate or justice of the peace
during an interrrogatory the court reporter

places the witness under oath
the manner in which a stenographer takes an interrogatory is generally prescribed by

statutes and rules of the court
deposition rules

vary among the states
requirements to renew the RPR certification are maintained by

earning CE points and NCRA membership
usually when a witness and counsel confer during a deposition, the reporter

does not note the fact in the transcript
the notice of TAKING a deposition is sent to

the court reporter
if a deponent refuses to sign a deposition

the depo will be delivered to the party taking the depo
an applicant convicted of a criminal offense involving moral turpitude

may be refused certification
U.S. district court rules state that all papers offered for filing

are typed on double spaced 8.5 inch by 11 inch white paper
if a court reporter is unable to read their notes back

the witness is recalled to testify again
If an exhibit of a documentary nature is read into the record the

court reporter records and transcribes it
if a witness makes gestures during their testimony

ther reporter uses counsel's description of such gestures for the record
a transcript fee

is in addition to an appearance fee
if a court reporter has parenthetical notes to themselves that are not in the transcript

they may be called to testify to explain the notes
the fees for transcripts must be paid

on receipt of the transcript
oral depos

are a method of pretrial discovery
transcripts are typed

double spaced, on unglazed white paper, in pica pitch
an event occurring in the courtroom should be

recorded in the transcript
inaccuracies in the Statement of facts may be corrected

by an agreement with both parties
during trial the reporter notes the names of witnesses as they appear, the numbers assigned to exhibits, and the description of exhibits on the

index sheet
the index of exhibits appears

in the front of each volume
notes are store

chronologically
a docket lists

the cases on a court's calendar and lists of appearances
in the citation format 25 NE 2d 34

NE is the volume name
strike that from the record means the reporter

types the statement into the record
the title page of a transcript is

not numbered
in citation format the case title should

be underlined

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