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A standing discovery order of the Bell County District Courts implementing the State's production obligations in criminal cases (Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 39.14 / Michael Morton Act), requiring the State to produce police reports, defendant statements, warrants, expert and business/medical records, and exculpatory material by the first pretrial setting or four weeks.
Applies in every criminal case indicted in the Bell County District Courts after the order's effective date. Procedural information only; not legal advice.
Bell County Standing Discovery Order for Criminal Cases, adopted by the district judges presiding over criminal cases in Bell County and applying in every criminal case indicted after its effective date unless otherwise ordered by the presiding judge (electronic duplicates of documents, physical evidence and photographs may be substituted for paper or physical copies). PRODUCTION BY THE STATE: no later than the first pretrial setting or four weeks, whichever is later, the State is ORDERED to produce and permit the defense to inspect, duplicate, copy or photograph the following items which are in the possession of the state's attorney (or provide electronic duplicates): (1) all police reports, witness statements, photographs, audio and video recordings, and other non-privileged information constituting or containing evidence material to the case; (2) all written or recorded statements of the defendant, and all confessions or statements made pursuant to Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 38.22; (3) copies or disclosure of the existence of any public records, including search and arrest warrants with accompanying affidavits; (4) copies of any expert reports, including autopsy reports and laboratory reports of examinations of contraband, substances, fluids, hairs, fingerprints, blood samples, ballistics, soil, fibers and paints; (5) copies of all business, medical, or governmental records expected to be introduced by the State; (6) all exculpatory, impeachment, or mitigating documents, items, or information that tends to negate the guilt of the defendant or reduce the punishment for the offense charged; and (7) a summary of the criminal history of the defendant and any witnesses the State intends to call.
Bell County Standing Discovery Order for Criminal Cases, adopted by the district judges presiding over criminal cases in Bell County and applying in every criminal case indicted after its effective date unless otherwise ordered by the presiding judge (electronic duplicates of documents, physical evidence and photographs may be substituted for paper or physical copies). PRODUCTION BY THE STATE: no
Reviewer note: Composed 2026-09-06 from the TOPICs custody scan (image-only PDF read through the pypdfium2 vision lane, 3 pages). County-wide Bell County District Court criminal standing order; bound to Bell County.
A standing order of the 97th Judicial District Court sealing the files in cases in which Child Protective Services or the Department of Family and Protective Services appears as petitioner, in the counties comprising the 97th Judicial District.
Dallas County Standing Order Regarding Children, Pets, Property and Conduct of the Parties (Family District Courts General Orders, current edition F2026/05, revised Jan. 31, 2026 — a re-adoption of the same operative text by the current bench: Hon. Kim Brown (254th), Vonda Bailey (255th), Sandre Streete (256th), Ashley Wysocki (301st), Sandra Jackson (302nd), LaDeitra Adkins (303rd), and Andrea D. Plumlee (330th)), as registered in the statewide TOPICs local-rules registry (posted 01/11/2023). The order "applies in every divorce suit and every suit affecting the parent-child relationship filed in Dallas County" automatically, without request: child-disruption prohibitions, pet protection, party-conduct restraints, divorce-case property/records/insurance freezes with specific authorizations, mandatory petition attachment, and its TRO-to-temporary-injunction lifecycle.