All court proceedings shall be conducted in a dignified manner. All persons addressing the court shall speak in a clear and courteous manner.
(Port Gamble S’Klallam Law and Order Code. Res. 84 A 03, 2/14/1984 amended this section deleting the “Shall rise” language.)
All trials, criminal and civil, shall commence as scheduled by the Court with reasonable notice being given to all parties. When a time period is designated by the Court or the Law and Order Code, the day of the act or event from which the time begins to run is not included. The last day of the period shall be included unless it is a Saturday, Sunday, or holiday in which case the period runs until the next business day.
(Port Gamble S’Klallam Law and Order Code. Res. 84 A 03, 2/14/1984 amended this section to include a method for computation of time.)
No person, including parties, witnesses, and members of the Court's staff, shall discuss with any known juror any case pending before a juror, or which may come before a juror either before or during the trial. Any juror who has personal knowledge of the case or who has discussed the case with any other party, witness or Court official shall be excused by the Judge.
(Port Gamble S’Klallam Law and Order Code. Res. 84 A 03, 2/14/1984)
No witness or party to any case shall, under any circumstances before or during trial, attempt to discuss any case pending before the Court with any Judge hearing the case except when in open Court.
(Port Gamble S’Klallam Law and Order Code. Res. 84 A 03, 2/14/1984 amended this section to simplify the language.)