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Standing discovery order for criminal cases in the Leon County district courts: the State furnishes a witness list with addresses, the defendant's statements, notice of extraneous-offense evidence, inspection of seized items, physical and documentary evidence and conviction records, promises of benefit to witnesses, impeachment convictions, complaints, warrants and laboratory reports, business records, and exculpatory evidence; discovery under art. 39.14 is furnished no later than seven days before the pretrial hearing; offense reports and witness statements are encouraged but remain work product unless exculpatory; jury aids are work product absent a particularized need; the order disposes of pretrial discovery motions already filed and further discovery is sought by written motion limited to matters not covered; the State complies by the date in the scheduling order or 30 days from arraignment, whichever is first, and supplements as soon as practicable; on written request the State files a list of items exhibited or furnished before trial.
Texas > Tenth Administrative Judicial Region > Leon County > the 87th, 278th and 369th District Courts. Applies in all criminal cases in those courts until specifically ordered otherwise; by its terms it is ordered and entered in each case on the date of arraignment.
CAUSE NO. ____________ STATE OF TEXAS VS. ____________ IN THE DISTRICT COURT 87TH/278TH/369TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT LEON COUNTY, TEXAS STANDING DISCOVERY ORDER IN CRIMINAL CASES This Court hereby adopts the following Standing Discovery Order that shall apply in all criminal cases in this Court until specifically ordered otherwise: State is Ordered to Furnish: 1. Written list of all anticipated trial witnesses, including experts, and their addresses, to be supplemented as others are discovered. 2. All written or recorded statements of defendant, along with all confessions or statements whether verbal or otherwise, made pursuant to Art. 38.22 C.C.P. 3. Written notice of intent to use extraneous offense evidence at trial. (Rule 404(b) Texas Rules of Evidence). 4. Inspection of: a. All items seized from the defendant; b. All items seized from any co-defendant or accomplice; c. All physical objects to be introduced as part of the State's case; d. All documents and photographs and investigative charts or diagrams to be introduced at trial; e. All contraband, weapons, implements of criminal activity seized or acquired by the State or its agents in the investigation of the alleged offense; f. All records of conviction which may be admissible in evidence or used for impeachment of the defendant; and g. All tangible items of physical evidence collected by the State or its agents concerning the alleged offense; to include latent fingerprints, footprints, hairs, fibers, fingernail scrapings, body fluids, tire tracks, paint scrapings, etc. 5. All promised of benefit or lenience afforded to any accomplice or prospective witness in connection with his proposed testimony or other cooperation with regard to the alleged offense. 6. All known convictions which are admissible for impeachment concerning any of the State's proposed witnesses. 7. All known convictions, pending charges or suspected criminal offenses concerning any accomplice proposed to be used as a witness by the State. 8. Copies of all complaints, search warrants (related affidavits), autopsy reports and laboratory reports of all examinations of contraband, fluids, hair, fingerprints, blood samples, ballistics, soil, fibers and paints. 9. Inspection and copy of all business records expected to be introduced by the State. 10. All exculpatory evidence pursuant to Brady v. Maryland and related cases. 11. The State of Texas is hereby ordered to furnish discovery to the defendant as provided in Article 39.14 of the Code of Criminal Procedure. Said discovery shall be furnished no later than seven (7) days prior to pretrial hearing as set forth herein. 12. It is to be understood that the State will furnish all of such above items which are in the possession of the State's attorneys or which are known to be in the possession of the investigating officers or other agents of the State. 13. In appropriate cases, the State is encouraged to furnish offense reports and witness statements in addition to the above items. However, such reports and statements are normally work product of the State and are therefore protected from mandatory disclosure unless the contents are exculpatory. Such statements and reports must of course be tendered to the Defense for cross-examination on proper request under Gaskin or related requirements. 14. In the event that photographs, diagrams or models are prepared as "jury aids" at the direction of the State's attorneys before trial, such items will be considered work product unless the Defense demonstrates a "particularized need" for inspection thereof. 15. This order will dispose of any and all pretrial discovery motions heretofore filed. Because of the extensive nature of the discovery herein ordered, it will be considered that such Order is acceptable to the Defense pending the review of evidence and documents as ordered. In the event that further particularized discovery is considered necessary, the Defense will thereafter file a written Motion for Discovery, addressing only matters not covered in this Order, and such Motion will be presented to the Court at the earliest practical opportunity before trial. 16. The State is ordered to furnish the above inspection and copying on or before the date required by the Criminal Docket Scheduling Order or other order entered in each respective case. If the State discovers or learns of any new additional matter after the Pte-Trial Hearing that are subject to disclosure under this Order, the State shall advise the Defense and furnish same for inspection and copying as soon as practicable. It is understood that the Defense should exercise reasonable diligence to contact the State's attorney and arrange a mutually convenient time for the appointment. 17. If a written request is made by the Defense, the State is ordered to prepare a list of exhibited or furnished items to be filed among the papers of this cause on or before the start of trial. ORDERED and ENTERED on date of arraignment and State is ORDERED to comply herewith by date stated in scheduling order or 30 days from the date of arraignment, whichever is first. [signature] Hon. Amy Thomas Ward Judge, 87th District Court [signature] Hon. Tracy Sorensen Judge, 278th District Court [signature] Hon. Jonathan Richey Judge, 369th District Court [File stamp: FILED, CASSANDRA NOEY WILSON, DISTRICT CLERK, LEON COUNTY, TEXAS, JUN 30 2026, by [signature]]
CAUSE NO. ____________ STATE OF TEXAS VS. ____________ IN THE DISTRICT COURT 87TH/278TH/369TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT LEON COUNTY, TEXAS STANDING DISCOVERY ORDER IN CRIMINAL CASES This Court hereby adopts the following Standing Discovery Order that shall apply in all criminal cases in this Court until specifically ordered otherwise: State is Ordered to Furnish: 1. Written list of all anticipated t
Reviewer note: Composed 2026-09-19 (AJR-10 Tenth Region build) from BenchPath custody sources/registered/3017.pdf (application/pdf, 547627 bytes, sha256 400cb41fffa9680aadea2d79c94ffb379daca21586ee8942d22244dbc586e5a4; 2 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. Identical bytes posted on the county site: https://www.co.leon.tx.us/upload/page/4922/1standing discovery order criminal.pdf; https://www.co.leon.tx.us/upload/page/4921/1standing discovery order criminal.pdf. Two-page image-only PDF typed from the rendered pages. The instrument carries no signing date; effective_date is the district clerk's file stamp (the file stamp's deputy signature is not transcribed). Printed as on the instrument: "All promised of benefit" (5), "the Pte-Trial Hearing" (16).
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.