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Blood Discovery Order — 179th District Court — posted on the court's own website — the court-procedure tier (standing procedures, policies, and preferences the court itself publishes), distinct from the TOPICs-registered local-rules tier (TRCP 3a registration applies to local rules). Operative requirements quoted verbatim; the posted document is the controlling text.
Texas > Harris County > 179th District Court
These documents shall be segregated from all other documents produced. … The same access shall be given to the area where the equipment used in this case is kept, including all immediately adjacent and adjoining areas, and to the area where the sample and kit or packaging was received and where it is kept. … If the defense wants such an inspection, it shall be at a time mutually agreed upon by the parties and the laboratory, but no later than 30 days from the date of the notice to the laboratory. … THE OPPORTUNITY TO VIEW DESCRIBED ABOVE ACCRUES ONLY WHEN THE CASE IS SET FOR TRIAL. … THE COURT FURTHER ORDERS that any material responsive to this order as detailed above shall be provided to the defense within a reasonable amount of time. … If jury selection has begun, any additional material shall be produced immediately, without any delay. … Additionally, evidence that tends to negate guilt, is impeaching, or mitigates the offense shall be disclosed. … See Texas Disciplinary Rules of Professional Conduct Rule 3.09(d) (requiring that the prosecutor in a criminal case shall “make timely disclosure to the defense of all evidence or information known to the prosecutor that tends to negate the guilt of the accused or mitigates the offense...”).
Reviewer note: Own-site content fetched by us 2026-08-22 (Phase 3 justex/page sweep; hashed receipts in custody). Operative mandatory-language provisions quoted verbatim; the full posted document 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.