Court Opinion

ID: 9706841
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Date Created: 2023-08-26 01:53:03.636335+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T15:41:37.928561
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KING, Associate Judge,
concurring:
I am in complete agreement with the opinion of the court and join it without reservation. I write separately, however, to note one point relevant to the issue raised in this appeal. On October 1, 1987, the Chief Judge of the Superior Court promulgated a memorandum establishing procedures to be followed by attorneys representing defendants in adult criminal cases who are seeking juvenile transcripts related to the adult matter. The memorandum is set forth in full in the margin.1 It *813requires that a motion seeking the transcript in the juvenile proceeding be filed with the judge in the criminal case. As noted in the court’s opinion, no such request was made in this case.

. MEMORANDUM TO ALL JUDGES AND COMMISSIONERS NO. 223-87 RE: ACCESS TO TRANSCRIPTS OF JUVENILE PROCEEDINGS
We have recently had a request from the Director of the Court Reporter Division for approval of a procedure to be followed when transcripts of juvenile proceedings are ordered in connection with adult criminal charges.
I have concluded that court approval for the preparation of juvenile transcripts and ultimate approval of making them available to the defense in adult criminal proceedings rests with the judge to whom the adult case is assigned in the Criminal Division. It is that judge who will be presiding over the adult felony or misdemeanor trial and who, therefore, will be in a position to make the legal judgment with respect to whether or not the confidentiality normally associated with juvenile transcripts should be breached. Approval will not rest with the Presiding or Deputy Presiding Judge of the Family Division. See memo from Judge *813Mencher to Judge Ugast of August 20, 1987 attached hereto.
In the future the following procedure should be adhered to: Judges in the Criminal Division will not approve the preparation of transcripts involving juvenile proceedings without a motion being filed by defense counsel (perhaps ex parte in certain cases). The judge will then issue an order which will make clear whether he/she is (a) denying the actual preparation of the transcript by the Court Reporter Division, (b) authorizing the preparation of the transcript and delivery thereof to defense counsel, or (c) authorizing the preparation of the transcript and delivery thereof to chambers for an in camera inspection and (d) notifying the requesting party that he/she must either make financial arrangements for the payment for the transcript or provide proper CJA authorization- for the judge’s signature.
ss: Chief Judge Ugast
October 1, 1987