33rd / 424th District Courts

Additional conditions of bond for persons accused of sexual offenses.

Pay voucher for court-appointed attorneys in criminal and juvenile cases.

Application by criminal defendant for court-appointed attorney.

Order to be used after a hearing where the defendant executed, in the requesting state, an agreement to waive extradition.    

Adobe Acrobat PDF version of plea in-absentia for remote pleas to revocations and adjudications.

Request for Proposals for Burnet County Public Defender. PDF format document. Proposal period closes on June 21 with final selection by June 30. RFP has complete instructions on scope of work, bid request and how to submit.

Blank form for Judge's Fiat Regarding Pretrial Publicity by Parties, i.e. "gag" order.

Word format. See http://dajudge.us/dr/main/node/view/349 for PDF format and explanation of changes.

PDF format. See also http://dajudge.us/dr/main/node/view/350 for Word format.

Slight revisions:
Omit reference to CPS cases. Not used for them.
Clarification on additional fees request -- put only the EXTRA amount over and above the flat fee desired.

Temporary transfer to another county for convenience of the parties or the court -- conduct a hearing -- immediately transfer the file back w/o moving the clerk's files.

Calendar Management Rules -- Local. These are the old, but still current rules. Revisions are in process.

Covers calendaring priorities. Partially outdated.
Section 2.3 is not followed regarding timing.

Rules -- Local. These are the old, but still current rules. Revisions are in process.

Last year I presented a brief outline of analytical and research aids in dealing with Robinson/Daubert challenges. The scope of that presentation was limited thusly:

The scope of this presentation is limited to discussion of a useful tool for analyzing an expert challenge, a bibliography of Texas Supreme Court cases, and explanation of the Court’s concern over procedural aspects of making and hearing the challenge to the expert.

Sex Offender Registration Admonitions, CCP Art. 62.
Detailed admonitions for time of plea or at any time of imposing registration requirements. WORD format.

Basic plea packet consisting of felony admonitions and agreements, waivers and judicial confession form. Does not include judgment which is normally prepared by the State.
PDF.

Plea form for plea in absentia to probation revocation by inmate incarcerated in TDCJ or other penitentiary system. WordPerfect format.

Notice to be given by side obtaining setting to all other sides. Used in lieu of motion and order. Also see [obtaining setting|how to obtain setting].

Notice to counsel of the court's intent to allow jurors to submit questions in a controlled fashion for possible use. Includes outline of procedure to be used.

Outline of the standard criminal case scheduling scheme from pretrial through trial. See also the [criminal flowchart|flowchart] and [criminal scheduling order|order].

Separate file of just the "rules" for usage of the telephonic appearance system.