Participación en programas judiciales y requisitos de consentimiento

Explicación Simple

Antes de unirse a un programa judicial, necesitas avisar a las personas involucradas y escuchar sus opiniones. También, si no tienes la tecnología necesaria para participar, puedes optar por no hacerlo.

Es como cuando decides unirte a un club en la escuela: primero necesitas hablar con tus compañeros y asegurarte de que todos estén de acuerdo antes de entrar.

Ejemplo Práctico

Imagina que Juan es un abogado en Nueva York que debe decidir si se une a un nuevo programa judicial. Antes de hacerlo, informa a sus colegas y escucha sus comentarios. Como no tiene una computadora adecuada, presenta un formulario para no participar en el programa.

Texto Original del Estatuto (Inglés)

participation in a county hereunder until he or she shall have provided all persons and organizations, or their representative or representatives, who regularly appear in criminal actions or proceedings in the superior court of such county with reasonable notice and opportunity to submit comments with respect thereto and shall have given due consideration to all such comments, nor until he or she shall have consulted with the members of the advisory committee specified in subparagraph (v) of paragraph (t) of subdivision two of section two hundred twelve of the judiciary law. (c) Where the chief administrator eliminates the requirement of consent as provided in subparagraph (ii) of paragraph (b) of this subdivision, he or she shall afford counsel the opportunity to opt out of the program, via presentation of a prescribed form to be filed with the court where the criminal action is pending. Said form shall permit an attorney to opt out of participation in the program under any of the following circumstances, in which event, he or she will not be compelled to participate: (i) Where the attorney certifies in good faith that he or she lacks appropriate computer hardware and/or connection to the internet and/or scanner or other device by which documents may be converted to an electronic format; or (ii) Where the attorney certifies in good faith that he or she lacks the requisite knowledge in the operation of such computers and/or scanners necessary to participate. For the purposes