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The County Court at Law judges' procedures for misdemeanor pleas incident to felony plea agreements (Judges Henderson and Dunn, Dec. 27, 2024): the 'piggyback hearing' in which a CCL hears a misdemeanor plea immediately after the District Court felony plea — requiring notice to the CCL coordinators by 5:00 p.m. the prior business day — plus the misdemeanor jail-chain scheduling for in-custody defendants not disposed on a piggyback hearing, and the agreed-personal-bond option where the felony plea releases the defendant with a time-served misdemeanor agreement.
Texas > Grayson County > County Courts at Law Nos. 1 and 2 (Hon. James Henderson; Hon. James (Rick) Dunn, Jr.) — the misdemeanor-plea coordination procedures for pleas incident to District Court felony plea agreements
PIGGYBACK HEARINGS: "A 'piggyback hearing' is when a misdemeanor plea is heard in one of the County Courts at Law immediately following the felony plea in the District Court." To arrange one, counsel advises the CCL1 or CCL2 court coordinator "no later than 5:00 p.m. of the business day preceding the hearing that such a hearing is or may be required"; the coordinator arranges a CCL judge (or, if unavailable, informs the attorneys and arranges a hearing in the appropriate court); on the hearing day, the coordinator is notified as soon as practical whether a misdemeanor plea agreement has been reached. MISDEMEANOR JAIL CHAIN: "If a misdemeanor plea agreement is reached regarding a defendant who is in custody, and if the case is not disposed on a piggyback hearing, then the defendant will be scheduled on the first available jail chain," with counsel advising the coordinator of the scheduling and the defendant's transfer-out timing. PERSONAL BONDS: "If the felony plea agreement results in the defendant being released from jail, and the sentencing agreement is time served on the misdemeanor, then the parties should consider an agreed Personal Bond on the misdemeanor if a piggyback hearing is not possible," scheduling the misdemeanor hearing after release.
Reviewer note: Own-site instrument composed verbatim (text layer; WAF-403 on HTML but the PDF fetches directly — custody sha in the fetch ledger); issued by both CCL judges (James Henderson, James Dunn Jr. — matching the OCA roster); own-site-only; coordinator names preserved in the source.
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