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A standing pre-trial order promoting informal criminal discovery and preventing ineffective-assistance claims. Without a written request, the prosecuting attorney must disclose and make available for inspection at least seven days before trial a defined set of materials — mitigating/impeachment/favorable evidence, defendant and co-defendant statements, the State’s witness list, scientific-test and examination results, prior convictions, extraneous-offense evidence, plea agreements, physical evidence, and any recommended plea sentence — and defines the defense attorney’s corresponding responsibilities. An open-file policy satisfies these requirements.
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COURT'S STANDING CRIMINAL PRE-TRIAL ORDER In order to promote informal discovery and prevent a complaint of ineffective assistance of counsel the following Court's Standing Pre-Trial Order is decreed: I. The Prosecuting Attorney without written request shall disclose to the Defendant, and make available to the Defendant for inspection and copying at least 7 days prior to trial, the following: 1) All known mitigating, impeachment or favorable evidence. 2) All written, oral or video statements made by the defendant or any co-defendants to any person. 3) A list of all State's witnesses, including expert witnesses expected to be called on the trial in chief. 4) The results of any scientific tests expected to be used at trial. 5) The results of any physical or mental examinations of the defendant or any witness. 6) The prior convictions, if any, of the defendant that the State intends to use at the trial of the case. 7) Prior felony and misdemeanor convictions involving moral turpitude of any State's witness. 8) Specific evidence of other crimes, wrongs or acts of the defendant, if any, that the State intends to use during the trial. 9) Details of any plea agreements in relation to any co-defendant, accomplice or informant. 10) All physical evidence including photographs, videos, maps and drawings. 11) A recommended sentence for a Plea of Guilty. 12) Witness statement after the witness has testified on direct for the State. To the extent an open file policy satisfies the above requirements; the State is not required to furnish a formal discovery document. Any "boilerplate" motions filed including (even in part) matters referred to above shall be wholly disregarded. II. The Defense Attorney will be responsible for the following: 1) To interview the defendant in depth. 2) To review the Penal Code for the elements of the offense, the punishment range, and the possibility of probation. 3) To seek informal discovery from the State. Formal discovery motions will only be heard on matters outside of this Order. 4) To file factually specific (not "boilerplate") Motions to Suppress if the circumstances surrounding the case indicate questioning the relevant stop, detention, arrest or search of the defendant. 5) To reimburse prosecuting attorney's office for the costs of obtaining copies of documents and physical evidence. 6) To obtain a Plea Bargain recommendation and convey the same to the defendant with a discussion of his rights. 7) To interview such witnesses as may be favorable to the defendant. 8) In the event the State's recommendation is not acceptable to the defendant, and pre-trial is needed, obtain a hearing on said pre-trial motions. Issues known from the Prosecutor's open file policy not raised prior to trial shall be considered untimely if raised for the first time during trial. 9) In the event of a trial, subpoena defense witnesses.
COURT'S STANDING CRIMINAL PRE-TRIAL ORDER In order to promote informal discovery and prevent a complaint of ineffective assistance of counsel the following Court's Standing Pre-Trial Order is decreed: I. The Prosecuting Attorney without written request shall disclose to the Defendant, and make available to the Defendant for inspection and copying at least 7 days prior to trial, the following: 1) A
Reviewer note: AJR-2 cluster (12th/278th/506th). Source instrument read via vision/text lane; classified RULE under the records-vs-rules doctrine. Composed benchpath-ajr2-cluster. Applicability 2026-09-09 (fix program 2026-09-09, Phase 5, audit M7): specific -> universal — the row binds every court in its state/circuit/county scope and names no court, judge or division. [TRANSCRIBED BY EYE 2026-09-21 (corpus-0920 P12): every page of the registered file (sha256 f280e1525b6b..., 2 page(s), image-only scan; the OCR layer used as a typing base and corrected word by word from the page) read against the rendered file; verbatim, source typos kept, stamps/signatures bracketed; the earlier abstract replaced by the full instrument; confidence high. benchpath-tx-corpus0920-p12-2026-09-21]
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.