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The rules governing the procedure for making a record of court proceedings by electronic recording in Angelina County, adopted under the Supreme Court of Texas’ approval (Misc. Docket No. 20-9030) — the duties of court recorders, the log, exhibit handling, storage and preparation of the appellate record.
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IN THE SUPREME COURT OF TEXAS Misc. Docket No. 20-9030 APPROVAL OF RULES GOVERNING THE PROCEDURE FOR MAKING A RECORD OF CIVIL AND CRIMINAL COURT PROCEEDINGS IN THE 159TH AND 217TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURTS AND THE COUNTY COURT AT LAW NO. 1 AND COUNTY COURT AT LAW NO. 2 OF ANGELINA COUNTY, TEXAS BY ELECTRONIC RECORDING ORDERED that: Pursuant to Texas Rule of Civil Procedure 3a, the Supreme Court approves the following local rules governing the procedure for making a record of civil and criminal court proceedings by electronic recording in the 159th and 217th Judicial District Courts and the County Court at Law No. 1 and County Court at Law No. 2 of Angelina County. Dated: March 5, 2020. [signature] Nathan L. Hecht, Chief Justice [signature] Paul W. Green, Justice [signature] Eva M. Guzman, Justice [signature] Debra H. Lehrmann, Justice [signature] Jeffrey S. Boyd, Justice [signature] John P. Devine, Justice [signature] James D. Blacklock, Justice [signature] J. Brett Busby, Justice [signature] Jane N. Bland, Justice IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS OF TEXAS Misc. Docket No. 20-011 APPROVAL OF RULES GOVERNING THE PROCEDURE FOR MAKING A RECORD OF CIVIL AND CRIMINAL COURT PROCEEDINGS IN THE 159TH AND 217TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURTS AND THE COUNTY COURT AT LAW NO. 1 AND COUNTY COURT AT LAW NO. 2 OF ANGELINA COUNTY, TEXAS BY ELECTRONIC RECORDING ORDERED that: In conjunction with the Supreme Court of Texas, the Court of Criminal Appeals hereby approves the attached Rules Governing the Procedure for Making a Record of Civil and Criminal Court Proceedings in the 159th and 217th Judicial District Courts and the County Court at Law No. 1 and County Court at Law No. 2 of Angelina County. Dated: April 15, 2020. [signature] Sharon Keller, Presiding Judge [signature] Michael Keasler, Judge [signature] Barbara Hervey, Judge [signature] Bert Richardson, Judge [signature] Kevin P. Yeary, Judge [signature] David Newell, Judge [signature] Mary Lou Keel, Judge [signature] Scott Walker, Judge [signature] Michelle M. Slaughter, Judge RULES GOVERNING THE PROCEDURE FOR MAKING A RECORD OF CIVIL AND CRIMINAL COURT PROCEEDINGS BY ELECTRONIC RECORDING IN THE 159TH AND 217TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURTS AND THE COUNTY COURT AT LAW NO. 1 AND COUNTY COURT AT LAW NO. 2 OF ANGELINA COUNTY, TEXAS 1. Application. The following rules govern the procedures in the 159th and 217th Judicial District Courts, and the County Court at Law No. 1 and County Court at Law No. 2 in Angelina County, Texas, in proceedings — both criminal and civil matters — in which a record is made by electronic audio or audio-visual recording, as well as appellate records prepared from such proceedings. 2. Duties of Court Recorders. No stenographic record shall be required of any proceedings that are electronically recorded. The Court shall designate one or more persons as court recorders, whose duties shall include: a. Ensuring that the recording system is functioning properly throughout the proceeding and that a complete, distinct, clear and transcribable recording is made; b. Making a detailed, legible log for all proceedings being recorded, indexed by the date and location of each event being recorded, and showing the number and style of the proceeding before the court, the correct name of each person speaking, the nature of the proceeding (e.g. voir dire, opening, examination of witnesses, cross-examination, argument, bench conferences, whether in the presence of the jury, etc.), the time of the day of each event and, the offer, admission or exclusion of all exhibits; c. Filing with the clerk the original log and exhibits after a proceeding ends, and within ten days, delivering to the court a certified copy of the recording of the proceeding that is appropriately labeled as required herein, to be stored at the court; d. Storing or providing for storing of the electronic audio or audio-visual recording to ensure it is preserved as required by law and accessible; e. Prohibiting or providing for prohibition of access by any person to the original recording without written order of the presiding judge of the court; f. Preparing or obtaining a certified copy of the original recording of any proceeding, any of the exhibits the parties to the appeal designate, and certified copies of the original log, upon full payment of the charge imposed therefor, at the request of any person entitled to such recording, or at the direction of the judge of the court, or at the direction of any appellate judge who is presiding over any matter involving the same proceeding, subject to the laws of this state, rules of procedure and the instructions of the presiding Judge of the court; and g. Performing such other duties as may be directed by the presiding judge or the appellate court presiding over the case and prescribed by the Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure and the Uniform Format Manual for Texas Reporters’ Records. 3. Reporter’s Record. The reporter’s record on appeal from any proceeding of which an electronic recording has been made shall be labeled to reflect clearly the numbered contents certified by the court recorder to be a clear and accurate copy of the original recording of the entire proceedings; any exhibits designated by the parties for inclusion in the reporter’s record shall be arranged in numerical order and firmly bound together so far as practicable, together with an index consisting of a brief description identifying each exhibit; and certified copies of the logs prepared by the court recorder under Rule 13.2, Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure shall be included. 4. Time for Filing. The court recorder shall file the reporter’s record with the court of appeals within fifteen days after the perfection of an appeal. No other filing deadlines as set in the Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure are changed. 5. Appendix. Each party shall file with its brief an appendix containing a written transcription of all portions of the recorded reporter’s record and a copy of all exhibits relevant to the issues raised on appeal. In the event the parties cannot agree upon a person or entity to perform and provide such transcription of the recorded reporter’s record, the presiding Judge of the court shall make such appointment. If the presiding judge of the court orders that a party is entitled to a transcription of any portion of the reporter’s record without charge pursuant to Rules 20.1 or 20.2, TRAP, or Rule 145, Texas Rules of Civil Procedure, the judge shall designate the person or entity to perform the transcription for payment by Angelina County. Transcriptions shall be presumed to be accurate unless objection is made. The form of the appendix and transcription shall conform to any specifications of the Supreme Court and/or the Court of Criminal Appeals and comply with the Order Directing the Form of the Appellate Record and the Uniform Format Manual for Texas Reporters’ Records. 6. Presumption. The appellate court shall have no duty to review any part of an electronic audio or audio-visual recording and may presume that nothing omitted from the transcriptions in the appendices is relevant to any issues raised or to the disposition of the appeal. 7. Supplemental Appendix. The appellate court may direct a party to file a supplemental appendix containing a written transcription of additional portions of the recorded reporter’s record. 8. Inability to Afford. If a party is unable to afford costs, the court recorder must transcribe or have transcribed the recorded reporter’s record and file the transcription as that party’s appendix, along with all exhibits. The presiding Judge of the court that orders transcription of any portion of the reporter’s record without charge pursuant to Rules 20.1 or 20.2, TRAP, or Rule 145, Texas Rules of Civil Procedure, shall designate the person or entity to perform the transcription for payment by Angelina County. 9. Accuracy. Any inaccuracies in the transcriptions of the recorded reporter’s record may be corrected by agreement of the parties. Should any dispute arise after the reporter’s record or appendices are filed as to whether an electronic audio or audio-visual recording or any transcription of it accurately disclosed what occurred in the trial court, the appellate court may resolve the dispute by reviewing the audio or audio-visual recording, or submit the matter to the trial court which shall, after notice to the parties and hearing, settle the dispute and make the reporter’s record or transcription conform to what occurred in the trial court. 10. Costs. The expense of appendices shall be taxed as costs at the rate prescribed by law. The appellate court may disallow the cost of portions of appendices that it considers surplusage or that does not conform to any specifications prescribed by the Supreme Court and/or Court of Criminal Appeals. 11. Other Provisions. Except to the extent inconsistent with these rules, all other statutes and rules governing the procedures in civil and criminal actions shall continue to apply to those proceedings of which a record is made by electronic audio or audio-visual recording. [Running footers: Misc. Docket No. 20-9030, Pages 2–6; Misc. Docket No. 20-011, Page 2]
Reviewer note: AJR-2 East cohort (Angelina/Orange/Liberty/Chambers/Jasper/Newton). Source instrument read via text/vision lane; classified RULE under the records-vs-rules doctrine. Composed benchpath-ajr2-east. [RECOMPOSED 2026-09-21 (corpus-0920 P7, digital-layer lane): the full text of the registered file (sha256 36df7f14b7c5..., 8 pages) replaces the earlier 243-character abstract. Method: pypdfium2 text layer reflowed page-aware, cross-checked word-by-word against PyMuPDF (0 substantive difference(s), 0 page-furniture), owner-corpus candidate sentences 100% (17/17) matched, 0 running header/footer line(s) removed, no U+FFFD/U+FFFE/form-feed debris. NOT yet checked page by page against the render, so confidence is medium with an open re-verification task; flip to high when a reviewer has read every page against the PDF. benchpath-tx-corpus0920-p7-2026-09-21] [BY-EYE CHECK 2026-09-21 (corpus-0920 P11): every page of the registered file (sha256 36df7f14b7c5..., 8 page(s)) read against the rendered PDF; file-stamp, caption and signature-block defects of the text layer corrected from the render; confidence lifted to high. benchpath-tx-corpus0920-p11-2026-09-21]
Division XI: information forms for data processing (Rule 11.2); required action - action taken on all calendared cases and a future date always set (Rule 11.19); and pro tem judges - an attorney named as a plaintiff in a civil or small claims case may not sit as a judge pro-tem during the case or within six months following its resolution, nor one named as a defendant in two or more such cases (Rule 11.22). Rules 11.1, 11.3 to 11.5, 11.7 to 11.18, 11.20 and 11.21 are repealed, and Rule 11.6 (voluntary arbitration; see Local Rule 10.2) was repealed and renumbered.
Duval County's indigent-defense and magistration rules under the Texas Fair Defense Act (S.B. 7): who may be booked into the county jail and on what paper; arrest-case numbering; presentment to a magistrate within 48 hours (art. 15.16); the magistrate's warnings, counsel inquiry, interpreter duty, indigence determination and appointment of counsel within 24 hours of a request; the alternative appointment plan under art. 26.04(g)-(h) with annual applications, seven attorney categories (capital, first and second degree, third degree/state jail/misdemeanor, competency, appeals, post-conviction, extradition), CLE and experience standards, random rotation within each category, written acceptance within 48 hours, first contact by the end of the next working day, replacement and suspension of counsel, fee applications within five days of completing services and the compensation attachment ($500 pleas; $175/$150 hourly; $1,400 per jury-trial day; appellate caps); bail schedules by offense class with a personal bond office (fee $20 or 3%), pre-trial supervision and revocation hearings within two working days; arraignment settings and notice; repeal of conflicting rules.