Tarrant County Criminal District Court No. 3 — Rules of Conduct for Counsel While in Trial (podium, in-custody clothing, voir dire, witness dress, approaching, exhibit disputes)

High confidence· verified September 6, 2026Judge PreferencesCriminal District Court No. 3 — Rules of Conduct for Counsel While in Trial (page last modified Jan. 27, 2026), Tarrant County court web page

Summary

Criminal District Court No. 3's trial-conduct rules (page last modified Jan. 27, 2026), provided so counsel know the judge's rules before trial: be on time, brief legal objections, stand to object or address the court, use the podium when questioning a witness; bring appropriate clothing for in-custody clients to the bailiff before trial; challenges for cause at the end of voir dire; witnesses present, ready and appropriately dressed (no blue jeans, shorts or T-shirts); no pointing firearms at anyone in the courtroom; ask permission to approach a witness, the court reporter or the bench; notify the court before a witness testifies of any anticipated dispute over an exhibit or testimony.

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Texas > Tarrant County > Criminal District Court No. 3 — trial counsel for the State and the defense.

Source of truth

"Different judges have different rules and different pet peeves. It is not really fair to expect counsel to follow the rules if they do not know what the rules are. For this reason, the judge is providing counsel with the following rules before trial. If there are any of these rules to which you object or do not understand, the judge would be glad to discuss them with you with opposing counsel pre

Official source: Tarrant County Criminal District (Felony) Courts — tarrantcountytx.gov (county site tree)
Source health: Healthy · checked October 6, 2026
Effective date: —
Last verified: September 6, 2026benchpath-tx-ajr8-tarrant-ownsite-2026-09-06

Reviewer note: Own-site HTML page read in full 2026-09-06 from custody; quoted verbatim. The page does not name the judge; joined to Judge Doug Arthur Allen (current bench per OCA and the county's felony-courts index) as the court's current posting. Composed benchpath-ajr8-tarrant (own-site lane).

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