Yoakum County, TX
All 3 county-scoped rules
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121st District Court Standing Pre-Trial Discovery Order, Criminal Cases - Terry and Yoakum Counties (effective January 1, 2023)
Standing order of the 121st District Court for every criminal case in which the defendant is represented and charged by indictment or information, effective January 1, 2023 (except cases under the court's January-March 2023 jury trial discovery orders while on those dockets): the State produces the listed discovery under Code of Criminal Procedure article 39.14 - statements, offense reports and witness statements, recordings, expert and forensic materials, criminal histories, Brady and impeachment material and the other listed items - within the order's deadlines, with restrictions on copying protected material (article 39.15, Family Code 264.408); the defendant's requests for redaction of electronic recordings are filed at least 7 days before trial, and the State's objections at least 3 days before trial.
121st District Court Standing Order for Zoom Hearings - Terry and Yoakum Counties (dated March 4, 2022)
Standing order of the 121st District Court (replacing its Standing Order for Hearings No. 4): on a finding of good cause the court may conduct hearings and bench trials by Zoom, and a request for setting must say in writing whether a Zoom hearing is requested and why; participants need a webcam device and an e-mail address, counsel and pro se parties run a Zoom trial with their witnesses and give the court their e-mail address at least 3 business days before the hearing (a party who fails to appear may be found in default); pre-numbered exhibits are e-mailed to the court by 3:00 p.m. the day before; counsel confer on stipulated exhibits; the district clerk serves the order with any precept for a Zoom hearing; proper dress and decorum apply to virtual appearances.
Local Administrative Rules of the 121st District Court, Terry and Yoakum Counties (effective January 1, 2008; approved by the Supreme Court of Texas, Misc. Docket No. 08-9012)
Local administrative rules of the 121st District Court for Terry and Yoakum Counties, effective January 1, 2008, with the Supreme Court of Texas order approving them under Rule 3a (Misc. Docket No. 08-9012, February 19, 2008), the Presiding Judge's certificate of approval and the court's adopting order: general rules on calendars, hours, time standards, continuances, preferential settings, submission of orders, counsel for indigents and interpreters; civil settings, jury docket calls and announcements, pre-trial motions, discovery, summary judgments, dismissal for want of prosecution, ADR, jury questions and juror questionnaires; family law and juvenile cases (inventories and disposition proposals, required conferences, children's interest seminars, juvenile settings); criminal cases (grand juries, appearances, bonds, docket calls, announcements, plea bargains, speedy trial, pre-trial matters, preferential settings); jury management; conflicting settings, substitution and withdrawal of counsel; attorney vacations; and courtroom decorum.