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The 443rd District Court's comprehensive criminal-practice rules (revised Jan. 15, 2026, Judge Grace Pandithurai), applying "in every criminal case" in the court: attorney conduct and 30-day vacation letters; the three-announcement setting structure (first announcement 3 weeks after indictment for in-custody cases, ~40 days otherwise; second-announcement appearance waivable by e-filed waiver 2 business days ahead); the Standing Discovery and Pretrial Order and Conditions of Bond entered by the clerk at indictment; evidentiary motions due 10 business days before pretrial conference (duplicates of the standing order denied); plea timing; two-setting revocation/adjudication track; decorum, attire, refreshment, and a cell-phone/electronics policy that bans recording-capable smart glasses; a certificate-of-conference regime under which the coordinator sets certified motions for hearing; unilateral continuances requiring a contingent appearance date; 30-day suppression-hearing timing; voir dire time limits (45–60 minutes; 1:15 for child-abuse, multi-defense, causation, or death cases) and content restrictions; juror-card confidentiality; witness-readiness and bench-conference record rules.
Texas > Ellis County > 443rd District Court — every criminal case (the 443rd holds approximately one-half of Ellis County felonies under Court Rules of Administration § III). Rev. Jan. 15, 2026, signature block Hon. Grace Pandithurai. Works together with the court's Standing Discovery and Pretrial Order and Felony Bond Conditions (each published separately).
Reviewer note: Text-layer document (7 pages, sha256 a28c3974…, 176,579 B) transcribed with operative provisions verbatim; posted in the county's COURT POLICIES, RULES, ORDERS AND PROCEDURES vein (elliscountytx.gov/1290) as "443RD COURT RULES AND PROCEDURES." The file name carries the 2025-03-20 signing batch; the instrument's own revision line (Jan. 15, 2026) controls the edition date. Composed benchpath-ajr1-p6.
Establishes a Traffic Violations Bureau within the Clerk of the County Court under Fla. R. Traf. Ct. 6.100(a) (Burnstein, C.J., Nov. 1, 1988).
Approves the National Highway Safety Council Defensive Driving course as a school to which traffic courts may require attendance (Fla. R. Traf. Ct. 6.110(a)).
Designates the D.W.I. Counterattack School (Broward County Commission on Alcoholism) as an approved school for court-ordered attendance (Fla. R. Traf. Ct. 6.110(a)).
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