Supreme Court
No. 98-01
EXECUTIVE ORDER
In
accordance with the authority conferred upon me by G.L. 1956 §
1.
There have been made available to the unified judicial system a series of
assistive listening devices. One device will be assigned to each courthouse.
2. The assistive listening device assigned to the Licht Judicial Complex will be
under the custody of the Presiding Justice of the Superior Court or his
designee.
3. The assistive listening device assigned to the Garrahy Judicial Complex will
be placed in the custody of the Chief Judge of the Family Court or his designee.
Any judge who may require the use of such assistive listening device may make
arrangements with the Chief Judge of the Family Court or his designee for its
utilization. The judge who uses the device will be responsible for having it set
up in a designated courtroom and thereafter for returning it to the custody of
the designee of the Family Court.
4. The
assistive listening devices to be assigned to the Kent County Courthouse, the
Washington County Courthouse, and the Newport County Courthouse, will be placed
in the custody of the Presiding Justice of the Superior Court or his designee in
each of the aforesaid courthouses. Any judge who requires the use of the
assistive listening device assigned to the foregoing courthouses may make
arrangements therefor with the Presiding Justice's designee in the appropriate
courthouse. That judge will be responsible for setting up the device and
thereafter returning it to the custody of the designee of the Presiding Justice.
5. The
assistive listening device assigned to the
Entered as an Executive Order of this Court this 9th day of February 1998.
By Order,
Enter:
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Clerk
Joseph
R. Weisberger
Chief Justice