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The county court judges authorize the Criminal Law Magistrate to issue warrants for defendants released on bond who fail to appear for court-ordered psychological, competency or sanity evaluations, and to order them held up to 21 days in the Bexar County Jail for evaluation.
Applies to misdemeanor defendants of County Courts at Law Nos. 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 13, 14 and 15 of Bexar County who are released on bond and ordered to competency or sanity evaluations by the Criminal Law Magistrate. The order names then-magistrate Andrew Carruthers; the Criminal Law Magistrate is now Liza A. Rodriguez. Signed by then-Administrative Judge Longoria; no judge join. Procedural information only; not legal advice.
2021 SO 02 — SPECIAL ORDER. STATE OF TEXAS, COUNTY OF BEXAR — IN THE COUNTY COURTS AT LAW HEARING CRIMINAL MATTERS 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 13, 14, AND 15. ORDER AUTHORIZING CRIMINAL MAGISTRATE TO ISSUE WARRANTS The County Court Judges have agreed to authorize Criminal Law Magistrate, Andrew Carruthers, to issue warrants for defendants who are released on bond and who fail to appear for their scheduled psychological evaluations, for competency or sanity evaluations, as ordered by Judge Carruthers. Judge Carruthers is further authorized to order those individuals to be held up to 21 days in the Bexar County Jail in order for them to be evaluated. SIGNED, ORDERED, AND ENTERED ON 05/17/2021 by: Judge John A. Longoria, Administrative Judge. [Filed with the County Clerk (Lucy Adame-Clark) May 17, 2021.]
2021 SO 02 — SPECIAL ORDER. STATE OF TEXAS, COUNTY OF BEXAR — IN THE COUNTY COURTS AT LAW HEARING CRIMINAL MATTERS 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 13, 14, AND 15. ORDER AUTHORIZING CRIMINAL MAGISTRATE TO ISSUE WARRANTS The County Court Judges have agreed to authorize Criminal Law Magistrate, Andrew Carruthers, to issue warrants for defendants who are released on bond and who fail to appear for the
Reviewer note: Composed 2026-09-08 from the TOPICs custody file (one image-only page read through the vision lane). The order is written to a named magistrate who has since been succeeded; registered by the county in 2023 as a standing order in force, so published with that note.
Standing order of the 109th Judicial District Court for every pending or later-filed case in Andrews, Winkler and Crane Counties: any attorney or self-represented litigant who uses any form of artificial intelligence for legal research or drafting in a case must, before using AI-generated information in a court submission or proceeding, sign and submit the court's certification form stating that all language, quotations, sources, citations, arguments and legal analysis created or contributed to by generative AI were verified as accurate by a human through traditional (non-AI) legal sources, and acknowledging responsibility and potential sanctions for their or their co-counsel's failure to comply. Effective immediately; in effect until rescinded or replaced.
Standing order of the 109th Judicial District Court for every pending or later-filed case in Andrews, Winkler and Crane Counties: any attorney or self-represented litigant who uses any form of artificial intelligence for legal research or drafting in a case must, before using AI-generated information in a court submission or proceeding, sign and submit the court's certification form stating that all language, quotations, sources, citations, arguments and legal analysis created or contributed to by generative AI were verified as accurate by a human through traditional (non-AI) legal sources, and acknowledging responsibility and potential sanctions for their or their co-counsel's failure to comply. Effective immediately; in effect until rescinded or replaced.