§ RULE 2-102. CONDUCT OF COURT PROCEEDINGS

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RULE 2-102. CONDUCT OF COURT PROCEEDINGS

A. Judicial Proceedings. The purpose of judicial proceedings is to ascertain the truth. Such proceedings should be conducted with fitting dignity and decorum, in a manner conducive to undisturbed deliberation, indicative of their importance to the people and to the litigants, and in an atmosphere that bespeaks the responsibilities of those who are charged with the administration of justice. The taking of photographs in the courtroom during the progress of judicial proceedings or during any recess thereof and the transmitting or sound recording of such proceedings for broadcasting by radio or television introduce extraneous influences which tend to have a detrimental psychological effect on the participants and to divert them from the proper objectives of the trial; they shall not be done or permitted.

B. Nonjudicial Proceedings. Proceedings, other than judicial proceedings, designed and carried out primarily as ceremonies, and conducted with dignity by judges in open court, may properly be photographed in or broadcast from the courtroom with the permission and under the supervision of the court.

C. Closed Circuit Television Recordings. The Administrative Office of the Courts (AOC) may install closed circuit television systems in the magistrate courts. The recordings produced by the closed circuit television system do not constitute a record of the proceedings, and the presence of closed circuit television recording equipment in the courtroom shall have no effect upon the status of the magistrate court as a non-record court.