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The Madison County general order governing the introduction of audio, video and other electronic-media exhibits in all proceedings: exhibits must be in an appellate-court-acceptable format (an enumerated list of media types), files may not exceed 2 GB (segmented and labeled if larger), only the offered segments may be included, oversized exhibits must be accompanied by 8.5"×11" copies for the record, and text documents must be submitted as text-searchable, unencrypted PDF (scanned exhibits OCR’d).
Texas > Madison County > District Courts and County Court at Law. Shared 12th & 278th Judicial District instrument; Madison County edition.
GENERAL ORDER REGARDING EVIDENCE IN THE DISTRICT COURTS OF MADISON COUNTY, TEXAS Effective immediately, this order shall govern the introduction of audio, video, CD, DVD, or other electronic media storage devices in all proceedings. The Court ORDERS that the sponsoring party of any such media exhibit must ensure it is submitted in a file format that can be uploaded and accepted by the appropriate Court of Appeals, following its guidelines as they exist at the time of the exhibit's admission. As of the issuance of this Order, acceptable formats include: .avi, .wmv, .wav, .mpg, .mid, .asf, .mpeg, .mpl, .mp2, .mp3, .mp4, .m4v, .ogg, .oga, .ogv, .webm. If an exhibit is not in one of these formats or in a format recognized by the appropriate appellate court, the sponsoring party must convert the media to a compatible format prior to admission. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that audio or video exhibits may not exceed 2 GB in size per file. If a file exceeds this limit, it must be divided into smaller files not exceeding 2 GB each. Each segmented file must be clearly labeled both externally and within the media device file name using the following format: "Exhibit – [Party Name] [Description] – [File Number] of [Total Files]" e.g., "Exhibit – Defendant Smith Statement – 1 of 2." Only the segments of audio or video content being offered as exhibits shall be included. For example, if a disc contains 50 jail phone calls and only a portion are being admitted, the sponsoring party must copy only those specific calls to a separate disc and offer that disc as the exhibit, excluding all others. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that all oversized or enlarged exhibits shall be accompanied by 8.5" x 11" copies bearing a marked exhibit sticker on the front, which shall be retained by the court reporter for the record on appeal. Any oversized or enlarged exhibit offered must be an exact replica of the admitted exhibit. Such exhibits may be used for demonstrative purposes before the fact finder; however, the 8.5" x 11" version shall serve as the official exhibit for the appellate record. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that each computer file of a text document must be submitted in text-searchable Portable Document Format (.pdf), compatible with the latest version of Adobe Reader. The file must not be password-protected, encrypted, or restricted by rights management. All scanned exhibits must be made text-searchable using optical character recognition (OCR) software, such as Adobe Acrobat. In the event a case is on appeal and the Court of Appeals is unable to open an exhibit as submitted, the sponsoring party that offered the exhibit shall be responsible for providing the court reporter with a replacement exhibit in an acceptable and accessible format. SIGNED this the 15 [handwritten] day of December [handwritten], 2025. [signature] David W. Moorman, 12th District Court [signature] Tracy Sorensen, 278th District Court
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. [RECOMPOSED 2026-09-21 (corpus-0920 P7, digital-layer lane): the full text of the registered file (sha256 96bce86f78db..., 2 pages) replaces the earlier 406-character abstract. Method: pypdfium2 text layer reflowed page-aware, cross-checked word-by-word against PyMuPDF (0 substantive difference(s), 2 page-furniture), owner-corpus candidate sentences 100% (14/14) matched, 0 running header/footer line(s) removed, no U+FFFD/U+FFFE/form-feed debris. NOT yet checked page by page against the render, so confidence is medium with an open re-verification task; flip to high when a reviewer has read every page against the PDF. benchpath-tx-corpus0920-p7-2026-09-21] [BY-EYE CHECK 2026-09-21 (corpus-0920 P11): every page of the registered file (sha256 96bce86f78db..., 2 page(s)) read against the rendered PDF; file-stamp, caption and signature-block defects of the text layer corrected from the render; confidence lifted to high. benchpath-tx-corpus0920-p11-2026-09-21]
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.