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County Criminal Court No. 8's docket structure (page last modified June 15, 2015): the Pre-Trial docket is the general setting; the Initial Appearance docket settles representation before a case progresses (then ~30-day pass to Announcement); Contest dockets on Monday mornings with a jury picked Monday afternoon and a second trial mid-week; at Announcement the defense announces disposition or trial and the case is set 60–90 days out; Disposition/Plea settings require the judge's approval for any continuance; all pre-trial motions must be filed within thirty days after the Announcement setting with hearing dates requested from the coordinator; probation revocations are preceded by a court conference where possible. Attorneys and defendants must appear at every setting unless excused by the judge or coordinator.
Texas > Tarrant County > County Criminal Court No. 8 — all misdemeanor settings; defense counsel and defendants.
"With the exception of the Initial Appearance (IA) Docket and the Contest (CT) Docket, County Criminal Court No. 8 normally sets it's cases on a Pre-Trial (PT) Docket. … Initial Appearance Setting (IA): The purpose of the IA docket is to ensure that each defendant has an attorney on all pending cases. A case will not progress to the next court event until the defendant's representation issues have been settled. Once representation issues are settled, the cases are usually passed for about 30 days at the discretion of the judge or court coordinator for Announcement. Contest Docket (CT): Contest dockets are held on Monday mornings. We generally pick a jury on our first case on Monday afternoons and reach a second trial the middle of the week. The judge is the one who will grant continuances or re-arrange the order in which cases will be tried after consulting with attorneys for both sides. Announcement Setting (AN): The purpose of the AN setting is for the defense attorneys to announce their intentions as to the type of resolution of the case(s), i.e: Disposition or Trial. The case(s) will then be set for 60 to 90 days out for whichever type of resolution has been announced to the Court. Disposition/Plea Setting (DI/PL): … All requests for continuance must be approved by the judge. Motion Setting (MT): The State and Defense must file all pre-trial motions within thirty days after the Announcement setting. Attorneys must request a hearing date from the Court Coordinator on any motions that the he/she wishes to have heard prior to trial. Probation Revocation Setting (PR): In most cases, attempts will be made by the Court's probation officer to set up a court conference with the judge before probation revocations will be filed. … Failure to appear at any court conference may result in a warrant being issued. (*Attorneys and Defendants are required to appear at every setting unless previously excused by the Judge or Court Coordinator.)" (Page last modified June 15, 2015.)
"With the exception of the Initial Appearance (IA) Docket and the Contest (CT) Docket, County Criminal Court No. 8 normally sets it's cases on a Pre-Trial (PT) Docket. … Initial Appearance Setting (IA): The purpose of the IA docket is to ensure that each defendant has an attorney on all pending cases. A case will not progress to the next court event until the defendant's representation issues have
Reviewer note: Own-site HTML page read in full 2026-09-06 from custody; quoted verbatim. The page dates from 2015 and names no judge; it remains posted under the court's current site menu alongside the July 2025 rules page — court-scoped, no judge join. Composed benchpath-ajr8-tarrant (own-site lane).
Judge Wolfe enforces AO S-2024-062(28)(A) with teeth: every pretrial motion in a case transferred to TD-3 must be scheduled and heard by the original transferring judge — failure to do so timely is deemed a waiver.
Judge Rice mirrors the F-division waiver with an exception: all motions other than motions in limine must be filed AND heard before the Pretrial Conference or they are waived; limine motions must at least be filed by then.