Statutory County Judge · County Court at Law No. 7
What applies in this courtroom
75 verified requirements may apply in this courtroom, by layer: 3 published by Judge Melanie Lira · 59 county-wide · 2 region-wide · 11 statewide — with 9 rule deadlines across those layers. Only the judge's own rules are specific to this courtroom; the other layers apply by court, county and state scope, and a court- or case-specific order can displace them.
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Judge — County Court at Law No. 7, Bexar County
Appeals from this courtroom go to the Fourth Court of Appeals.
● LiveThat court's published bench (7): Adrian A. Spears, II, H. Todd McCray, Irene Rios, Lori I. Valenzuela, Lori Massey Brissette, Rebeca Martinez, Velia J. Meza
County-to-district assignment per Tex. Gov't Code sec. 22.201(e), live-fetched registry.
3 verified rules specific to this judge's division, grouped by requirement category. 75 total requirements apply in this courtroom across all layers — the Full Premium Report assembles the complete stack.
No judge-level deadline on record runs shorter than a statewide deadline with the same trigger. The sentinel compares quoted timing across every published rule scoped to this judge on each visit — a clean result today is re-earned tomorrow.
In every DWI case in County Court at Law No. 7 the State must produce, on or before the 60th day after the information is filed, the thirteen categories of Intoxilyzer breath-test records listed in the order (instrument certificate and solution files, Cobra Data Log, maintenance file, NIST traceability, thermometer calibration, simulator-solution procedures, software documentation, operator and technical-supervisor files, operating policies and DPS inspection reports); late production is reviewed case by case for admissibility, and cases already on file had a February 2, 2024 deadline.
In every DWI case in County Court at Law No. 7 the State must produce, on or before the 60th day after the information is filed, the laboratory accreditation, policy, pre-analysis, analysis and reporting records itemized in sections A–D of the order and afford the defense the inspection opportunity in section E; late production is reviewed case by case for admissibility of the blood-test result, and cases already on file had a February 2, 2024 deadline.
All motions must be written and filed and served under the CCL Local Rules and the Code of Criminal Procedure; County Court at Law No. 7 and Impact Court No. 7 each hold a Call Docket the Thursday before Monday trials, with Impact Court trials Monday through Wednesday; neither court gives an automatic "not ready" continuance — a party not ready must file a Chapter 29 motion for continuance and present it for ruling, and even an agreed continuance requires both parties to approach the bench for a good-cause determination.
No judge-scoped deadlines on this tab. Deadlines are extracted only when the source rule text states them — we never infer or calculate dates the rule does not explicitly contain. 9 rule deadlines apply in this courtroom across all layers — assembled with citations in the Full Premium Report.
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last checked October 24, 2026
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Judge — County Court at Law No. 7, Bexar Countycurrent
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