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Standing order of the local administrative judge for Hopkins, Franklin, Rains and Delta Counties under Code of Criminal Procedure art. 17.027: it designates, county by county, the courts that conduct magistration under art. 15.17 and may release on bail a person charged with a new felony while a previous felony charge is pending. For Franklin County: the 8th and 62nd Judicial District Courts, the Franklin County Court and the Franklin County Justice of the Peace.
Texas > Tenth Administrative Judicial Region > Franklin County > the courts designated for Franklin County: the 8th and 62nd Judicial District Courts, the Franklin County Court and the Franklin County Justice of the Peace. Applies to a defendant charged with a felony committed in Franklin County while released on bail in a pending felony case charged in Franklin County (the instrument is registered in TOPICs under Hopkins County).
STANDING ORDER REGARDING TEXAS CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE ART. 17.027(a)(1) FOR COUNTIES WITHIN THE 8TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT OF TEXAS Pursuant to Texas Code of Criminal Procedure, Article 17.027(1)(B), the District Courts with criminal jurisdiction for felony cases in Hopkins, Franklin, Rains, and Delta counties hereby designate the following courts to conduct magistration in accordance with Article 15.17 of the Texas Code of Criminal Procedure, and release on bail persons charged with a new felony while a previous felony charge is pending: For defendants charged with committing a felony offense in Hopkins County while released on bail in a pending case for a felony offense charged in Hopkins County: 1. 8th Judicial District Court and the 62nd Judicial District; 2. Hopkins County Court at Law; 3. Hopkins County Court; 4. Hopkins County Justice of the Peace, Precinct 1; 5. Hopkins County Justice of the Peace, Precinct 2. For defendants charged with committing a felony offense in Franklin County while released on bail in a pending case for a felony offense charged in Franklin County: 1. 8th Judicial District Court and the 62nd Judicial District; 2. Franklin County Court; 3. Franklin County Justice of the Peace. For defendants charged with committing a felony offense in Delta County while released on bail in a pending case for a felony offense charged in Delta County: 1. 8th Judicial District Court and the 62nd Judicial District; 2. Delta County Court; 3. Delta County Justice of the Peace. For defendants charged with committing a felony offense in Rains County while released on bail in a pending case for a felony offense charged in Rains County: 1. 8th Judicial District Court and the 354th Judicial District; 2. Rains County Court; 3. Rains County Justice of the Peace. Signed, ordered, and entered the 19th day of July, 2022. [signature] Judge Eddie Northcutt 8th Judicial District Court Local Administrative Judge for Hopkins, Franklin, Rains, and Delta Counties [File stamp, set diagonally across the upper right corner: FILED, AUG 02 2022, Cheryl Fulcher, District Clerk, Hopkins County, Texas]
STANDING ORDER REGARDING TEXAS CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE ART. 17.027(a)(1) FOR COUNTIES WITHIN THE 8TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT OF TEXAS Pursuant to Texas Code of Criminal Procedure, Article 17.027(1)(B), the District Courts with criminal jurisdiction for felony cases in Hopkins, Franklin, Rains, and Delta counties hereby designate the following courts to conduct magistration in accordance with Article
Reviewer note: Composed 2026-09-19 (AJR-10 Tenth Region build) from BenchPath custody sources/registered/144.pdf (application/pdf, 750666 bytes, sha256 1447e779ed0449653d57a2c078dd23963b28fb80597766e9ff634ad8d1aa7ba5; 1 pages) - the TOPICs-registered document: transcribed by eye from the rendered pages of the scanned PDF (no text layer in the file was relied on), machine OCR draft corrected page by page; signature and file-stamp blocks bracketed. One-page image-only PDF typed from the rendered page; the file stamp lies diagonally across the end of the title and the first paragraph; the words under it ("with criminal", "following", "Procedure") were read under magnification, and the punctuation after "Procedure" lies under the stamp and is read as a comma. The county site's copy is a second scan of the same stamped paper. The body cites "Article 17.027(1)(B)" while the title cites "Art. 17.027(a)(1)"; both as printed. Class ruling (plan A2): an order designating which courts magistrate and set bail for a class of defendants is procedure - a rule. Multi-county instrument (plan A1): sibling rows carry it to Franklin, Rains and Delta Counties. It names the sitting judge of the 8th. Sibling row (plan addition A1, 2026-09-19): the instrument is registered in TOPICs under Hopkins County and by its own caption governs Franklin County as well; composed per served county on Franklin County's court rows with the same receipt. The Hopkins County row is tx-hopkins-topics-144-standing-order-regarding-code-of-criminal-procedure-art-17-027-a-1-for.
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.