County-wide standing order of the Brazoria County district courts and county courts at law implementing Article 17.027 C.C.P.: only a district or county-court-at-law judge (not a magistrate) may set bail for a defendant charged with committing a felony while released on bail for another pending felony. Signed January 2023 by all nine district and CCL judges — the bench-roster cross-proof for the current district/CCL bench.
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Signed January 3-4, 2023 by Jessica J. Pulcher (149th), Greg Hill (239th), Chad Bradshaw (300th), Justin Gilbert (412th), Patrick Bulanek (461st), Courtney Gilbert (CCL1), Thomas Pfeiffer (CCL2), Jeremy Warren (CCL3) and Lori Rickert (CCL4). Under Article 17.027, Code of Criminal Procedure, where a defendant is charged with a felony offense alleged to have been committed while released on bail in a pending felony case, bail in the new case "may be set only by the court before whom the case for the previous offense is pending" or as the article otherwise directs — the order implements that allocation for Brazoria County and directs the magistrates and the designated JP courts accordingly. Verbatim provisions per the filed two-page order (vision-read); full instrument: https://topics.txcourts.gov/LocalRulesPublic/PreviewAttachment/894
Tenth (10th) Court of Appeals — Standing Order No. 1, as registered in the statewide TOPICs local-rules registry (posted 01/01/2023). The operative requirements are quoted verbatim; the registered document is the controlling text.
Tenth (10th) Court of Appeals — Standing Order No. 2, as registered in the statewide TOPICs local-rules registry (posted 01/01/2023). The operative requirements are quoted verbatim; the registered document is the controlling text.