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Galveston County District Courts' Standing Order under Code of Criminal Procedure Article 17.027 — Galveston County. The operative requirements are quoted verbatim from the governing document (registered/posted 01/09/2023); the document in custody is the controlling text.
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Where a defendant is arrested and charged with committing an offense punishable as a felony while released on bail in a pending case for another offense punishable as a felony pending in a district court of Galveston County, the following shall apply: The Magistrates' Court will provide the C.C.P. Art. 15.17 warnings and deny bail for any defendants needing bond set; the district court of jurisdiction will set bond the next business day. The defendant shall be brought before the appropriate district court judge, without unnecessary delay, but not later than 48 hours after the person is arrested or the morning of the next business day following a weekend or holiday. Any defendant arrested for a felony charge while currently released on bail for a pending felony in a district court may only be released on bail by the district court before whom the case for the previous offense is pending. For purposes of this Order, all the general jurisdiction district courts of Galveston County have concurrent jurisdiction. Effective July 12, 2022.
Reviewer note: Operative provisions transcribed verbatim by vision-read of the registered scanned document (rasterized at 170-180 dpi and read this session); the registered document (sha256 dec7d6d38430…) is the controlling text.
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.