Testimony by affidavits or declarations shall be allowed in violation cases only upon receiving a signed statement from the defendant waiving the right to have the testimony presented orally in court.
The affidavits or declarations may be filed in the forms set forth in the Appendix of Forms. Appendix D for Affidavits and Appendix E for Declarations.
At the commencement of any violation trial, any and all affidavits or declarations which have been filed by that time with the Trial Court Administrator shall be deemed offered by the party who tendered them to the court or on whose behalf they were tendered to the court, and such affidavits or declarations shall then be received and considered by the court as substantive evidence in that case.
Baker Supp. L. R. 16.015