380th District Court — Court Policies for Criminal Cases (Hon. Benjamin N. Smith)

High confidence· verified September 21, 2026Judge Preferences380th Judicial District Court, Court Policies for Criminal Cases (Hon. Benjamin N. Smith)

Summary

The 380th District Court's criminal-case policies (Hon. Benjamin N. Smith): the setting-contact chain and 9:00 a.m./1:30 p.m. hearing times (jury weeks Thursday/Friday, three days' notice to the State for writ or bond hearings), the Art. 17.151 90-day-detention writ procedure, proposed-order filing options, the two-announcement-settings-then-disposition rule (with two additional bond-case settings by agreement, 30-day intervals), mandatory personal appearance with bailiff check-in, and the bond-forfeiture times (noon for morning settings, 3:00 p.m. for afternoon).

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Texas > Collin County > 380th District Court (Hon. Benjamin N. Smith) — criminal-case practice; refer also to the district courts' Standing Discovery Order for Criminal Cases and the Local Rules

Source of truth

[Seal: The State of Texas, 380th Judicial District Court] 380TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT RUSSELL A. STEINDAM COURTS BUILDING 2100 BLOOMDALE RD., STE. 30132 MCKINNEY, TEXAS 75071 COURT POLICIES FOR CRIMINAL CASES [Table: Luke Eichner – Bailiff | Office: 972-548-4738, leichner@co.collin.tx.us; Amy Cabala – Coordinator (Backup Contact) | Office: 972-548-4762, Email: acabala@co.collin.tx.us; Karla Kimb

Official source: Collin County District Courts — collincountytx.gov (county site tree)
Source health: Healthy · checked September 27, 2026
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Last verified: September 21, 2026benchpath-tx-corpus0920-p12-2026-09-21

Reviewer note: Own-site instrument composed verbatim (text layer; custody sha in the crawl ledger); own-site-only; undated on face — no effective date claimed; the bench (Benjamin N. Smith) matches the OCA roster; staff contacts preserved in the source. [TRANSCRIBED BY EYE 2026-09-21 (corpus-0920 P12): every page of the registered file (sha256 1415434e35f9..., 1 page(s), digital layer that failed the machine checks; text taken from the layer and corrected word by word from the page) read against the rendered file; verbatim, source typos kept, stamps/signatures bracketed; the earlier abstract replaced by the full instrument; confidence high. benchpath-tx-corpus0920-p12-2026-09-21]

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