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The 372nd District Court's standing omnibus discovery order (ordered Jan. 5, 2024; filed Feb. 7, 2024): the State may release medical records, grand jury records, DFPS records and criminal histories to defense counsel without a formal motion (withholding permitted if the State requests a formal hearing); defense counsel may not disclose or repurpose protected information and must return or destroy the documents at the conclusion of the case.
Texas > Tarrant County > 372nd District Court — all pending cases; prosecutors and defense counsel.
"The Court hereby authorizes the State of Texas, in all cases pending in the Court, to release the following records to counsel for the defense without the necessity of a formal presentation of a motion to release the following records: MEDICAL RECORDS; GRAND JURY RECORDS; DEPARTMENT OF FAMILY AND PROTECTIVE SERVICES RECORDS; CRIMINAL HISTORIES. The Court expressly grants to the State of Texas permission to withhold releasing evidence in all the categories listed above if the State of Texas requests a formal hearing on these discovery issues. The Court further ORDERS that counsel for the defense in all cases are prohibited from: 1. Disclosing documents that contain certain protected information to any other person or entity; 2. Using or disclosing records that contain protected information for any purpose other than for litigation and proceedings connected to the case and may not disclose or use these documents for any other reason. Upon the conclusion of the trial or the proceedings in the case, counsel for the Defendant is ORDERED to return or destroy the disclosed documents pursuant to this Order." Ordered this 5th day of January, 2024 — 372nd District Court, Tarrant County.
"The Court hereby authorizes the State of Texas, in all cases pending in the Court, to release the following records to counsel for the defense without the necessity of a formal presentation of a motion to release the following records: MEDICAL RECORDS; GRAND JURY RECORDS; DEPARTMENT OF FAMILY AND PROTECTIVE SERVICES RECORDS; CRIMINAL HISTORIES. The Court expressly grants to the State of Texas per
Reviewer note: Text-layer registration (1 page, 1,202 chars) read in full; quoted verbatim; the text layer carries no signature name (the 372nd's judge since January 2023 is Julie Lugo per the OCA roster and her signature on the county-wide criminal orders) — court-scoped, no judge join until the signature is verified at the own-site pass. Composed benchpath-ajr8-tarrant.
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.