The 443rd's standing discovery order entered by the clerk in every criminal case at indictment: State production within 10 business days after first announcement (reports, statements, warrants, expert/lab/autopsy reports, records, Brady material), continuing Art. 39.14 supplementation, 404(b)/609/38.37 notice 10 days before trial, witness list on jury-selection day, jail calls, certified judgments, physical-evidence inspection, leniency promises 10 days out, and expert (TRE 702/703/705) disclosures in writing by the 20th day before jury selection for BOTH sides; mutual limine lists (11 State topics, 9 defense topics) that cannot be mentioned before the jury without a ruling; a ban on duplicative discovery motions (conflicting motions may be overruled without hearing; particularized motions require a certificate of conference); and a written discovery log from both sides before trial. Supersedes any prior discovery order of the court, including the Jan. 1, 2023 edition.
Texas > Ellis County > 443rd District Court — entered by the clerk in every criminal case at indictment (per the court's Instructions, Rules, and Procedures) and binding both State and defense. Signed Hon. Grace Pandithurai; filed with the District Clerk Mar. 20, 2025.
Reviewer note: Image-only signed scan read page-by-page through the vision lane (5 pages, sha256 c1289690…, 562,208 B), posted in the county's COURT POLICIES vein (elliscountytx.gov/1290). Edition precedence: supersedes the Jan. 1, 2023 Standing Discovery Order signed by then-Judge Cindy Ermatinger (TOPICs reg. doc 634, 9,190,673 B scan — production trigger was the SECOND announcement in that edition) — doc 634 is held as a superseded-edition record, and the order's own supersession clause controls. Composed benchpath-ajr1-p6.
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.
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