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Amended joint order of the Lubbock County district courts, county courts at law and magistrate court (replacing the 2005 administrative order): subject to Code of Criminal Procedure article 17.151, a person detained pending the filing of formal charges is considered for release on a pretrial bond or reduced bail if the State has not filed charges within 45 days (felonies listed in article 42A.054), 30 days (other felonies) or 15 days (Class A misdemeanors); the court notifies the State, which files any written objection naming the individual and its reasons, and the court decides whether to hold a detention hearing or to continue the detention or release the individual; the order does not apply to the four categories of defendants listed in article 17.151(2).
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TAT #2005-000,344 (AMENDED NOVEMBER 1, 2024) [File stamp: FILED ..., DISTRICT CL..., BY ________ ..., 2024 DE_ _ PM 2: 36, [signature]; printed sideways in the right margin; the first three lines are too faint to read in the scan, and the month's last letter and the day digit lie under the caption lettering (they appear to read DEC 5)] IN RE: DETENTION OF INDIVIDUALS PENDING FILING OF CHARGES IN THE DISTRICT COURTS, COUNTY COURTS AT LAW, AND MAGISTRATE COURT OF LUBBOCK COUNTY, TEXAS 99TH, 137TH, 140TH, 364TH JUDICIAL DISTRICTS, COUNTY COURT AT LAW NO. 1 AND NO. 2, AND MAGISTRATE COURT AMENDED JOINT ORDER REGARDING DETENTION OF INDIVIDUALS PENDING FILING OF CHARGES WHEREAS, the judges have considered the 2005 Administrative Order Regarding the Detention of Individuals Pending Filing of Charges; WHEREAS, the judges recognize this Joint Order is the courts’ attempt to better manage the jail population of Lubbock County; however, Code of Criminal Procedure § 17.151 serves as the governing statute for a defendant who is detained in jail pending trial; WHEREAS, pursuant to Code of Criminal Procedure § 17.151(2), the provisions of this order do not apply to a defendant who is: 1) Serving a sentence of imprisonment for another offense while the defendant is serving that sentence; 2) Being detained pending trial of another accusation against the defendant as to which the applicable period has not yet elapsed; 3) Incompetent to stand trial, during the period of the defendant’s incompetence; or, 4) Being detained for a violation of the conditions of a previous release related to the safety of a victim of the alleged offense or to the safety of the community under this article. IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED an individual detained in jail pending the filing of formal charges will be considered for pretrial release bond or by reducing the amount of bail required, if the State does not file charges on the offense(s) for the which the individual is detained within: 1) 45 days from the date of detention if the individual is accused of a felony listed in Code of Criminal Procedure § 42A.054 2) 30 days from the date of detention if the individual is accused of any felony other than those excluded by the previous section; 3) 15 days from the date of detention if the individual is accused of a Class A misdemeanor When an individual is detained over the prescribed period of time without charges being filed: 1) The Court will notify the State of those who are being considered for release a. If the State objects to the release of the detained individual, they shall notify the Court in writing of the specific individual for whom they oppose release as well as the reasons they oppose the release. 2) Upon receiving the written objection, the Court shall determine whether to hold a Detention Hearing to allow the State and the Defendant an opportunity to provide justification for continuing detention or releasing the individual. a. If the Court determines a Detention Hearing is not necessary, the Court shall make a determination to continue the detention or release the individual pursuant to this Order. The Clerk of the Court is hereby directed to record this Order in the minutes of such courts. SIGNED this 1st day of November 2024. [signature] LES HATCH 237TH DISTRICT COURT LOCAL ADMINISTRATIVE JUDGE
TAT #2005-000,344 (AMENDED NOVEMBER 1, 2024) [File stamp: FILED ..., DISTRICT CL..., BY ________ ..., 2024 DE_ _ PM 2: 36, [signature]; printed sideways in the right margin; the first three lines are too faint to read in the scan, and the month's last letter and the day digit lie under the caption lettering (they appear to read DEC 5)] IN RE: DETENTION OF INDIVIDUALS PENDING FILING OF CHARGES
Reviewer note: Composed 2026-09-25 (AJR-9 Ninth Region build) from BenchPath custody probe/topics9/2134.pdf (application/pdf, 150818 bytes, sha256 724074ac64facfe41abca1133392518116b3ea0c2d8fc264172b9c5f318ef726; 2 pages) - the TOPICs-registered document: transcribed from the rendered pages of the scanned PDF (the machine OCR layer was not relied on), every page read against the render; signature, seal and file-stamp blocks bracketed. The order is headed with the instrument number "TAT #2005-000,344" and "(AMENDED NOVEMBER 1, 2024)", both printed.
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.