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Directs the Panola County District Clerk to assign newly indicted felony cases from each grand jury two-thirds to the 123rd District Court and one-third to the County Court at Law, alternating from a randomly selected starting case and continuing from whichever court received the last case of the prior grand jury, subject to fixed exceptions: a defendant with a pending felony case or on felony probation in one court is filed in that court, and co-defendants are assigned to the same court. Effective November 30, 2022.
Texas > Tenth Administrative Judicial Region > Panola County > the 123rd District Court and the County Court at Law. Directs the District Clerk's assignment of newly indicted felony cases between the two courts.
IN RE: FELONY CRIMINAL CASES OF PANOLA COUNTY, TEXAS 123RD DISTRICT COURT AND COUNTY COURT AT LAW OF PANOLA COUNTY, TEXAS The District Clerk of Panola County, Texas is hereby ORDERED to receive the list of the newly indicted felony criminal cases from grand jury proceedings and to assign the cases to the 123rd District Court and the County Court at Law Court in the following manner: two-third (2/3) of new cases will go to the 123rd District Court and one-third (1/3) will go to the County Court at Law in an alternating manner starting from a randomly selected case from the list, subject to the exceptions stated below: IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the District Clerk shall determine which Court received the last case from the prior grand jury proceedings and assign the first case selected by the District Clerk to the other Court. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that any felony criminal case with a defendant that has an existing pending felony case in the 123rd District Court shall be filed in the 123rd District Court. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that any felony criminal case with a defendant that has an existing pending felony case in the County Court at Law shall be filed in the County Court at Law. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that any felony criminal case with a defendant that is on felony probation in the 123rd District Court shall be filed in the 123rd District Court. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that any felony criminal case with a defendant that is on felony probation in the County Court at Law shall be filed in the County Court at Law. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that any felony criminal cases involving co-defendants be assigned to the same court. The effective date of this order is November 30, 2022. [signature] LeAnn Kay Rafferty 123rd District Court [signature] Terry D. Bailey County Court at Law [File stamp: FILED at 3:40 o'clock P.M., NOV 08 2022, Lindsey Smith, Clerk, District Court & County Court at Law, Panola Co., TX, by deputy]
IN RE: FELONY CRIMINAL CASES OF PANOLA COUNTY, TEXAS 123RD DISTRICT COURT AND COUNTY COURT AT LAW OF PANOLA COUNTY, TEXAS The District Clerk of Panola County, Texas is hereby ORDERED to receive the list of the newly indicted felony criminal cases from grand jury proceedings and to assign the cases to the 123rd District Court and the County Court at Law Court in the following manner: two-third (2/
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