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The 258th Judicial District’s standing criminal discovery order (Judge Kitchens, eff. Jan. 1, 2023), applying in all criminal cases until ordered otherwise: the State must furnish all Michael Morton Act (CCP art. 39.14) discovery plus a written trial-witness list (including experts) with addresses, supplemented within 30 days of arraignment; all written/recorded defendant statements and confessions (CCP art. 38.22), any jail conversations it intends to use and any known Brady evidence (with the defense entitled to listen to the defendant’s jail calls in the State’s possession on request); written notice of intent to use extraneous-offense evidence (TRE 404(b)); and inspection of items seized from the defendant and any co-defendant/accomplice.
Texas > Polk County > the 258th and 411th District Courts (and, for the family standing order, the Polk County Court at Law). A three-county instrument of the 258th/411th District Courts registered once under Polk (TOPICs doc 1039); this Polk row reflects the order’s own stated three-county scope.
"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: All documents and discovery required by the Michael Morton Act, Art. 39.14, C.C.P. In addition... 1. The State shall provide a written list of all anticipated trial witnesses, including experts, and their addresses, to be supplemented as others are discovered within thirty (30) days of arraignment. 2. All written or recorded statements of the defendant, along with all confessions or statements... made pursuant to Art. 38.22 C.C.P. The State shall provide any jail conversations it intends to use at trial or any Brady evidence the State has actual knowledge of. The Defense shall have the right to listen to all jail conversations of the Defendant in the possession of the State upon request... 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..." Signed Travis E. Kitchens, Jr., Judge, 258th Judicial District; effective January 1, 2023.
Reviewer note: Read in full through the vision lane from the Polk registration (doc 1039); the instrument names Polk, San Jacinto and Trinity Counties. Composed as one row per served county to reflect that stated scope. Composed benchpath-ajr2-trio.
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.