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• Author: Robert K. Gill/Mark G. Daniel
• Pages: 1-48

HIGHLIGHTS

This year it is more important than ever to possess Texas Criminal Forms in

your practice arsenal. January 1st 2014 marked the beginning of a new

statutory criminal discovery scheme in Texas—the first change to our

discovery statute in decades. The practical effect of this sweeping change is

that previous discovery motions have become obsolete.

This update also includes motions to accompany subpoenas, access DNA

testing data, and suspend execution of a state jail sentence.

NEW SECTIONS AND FORMS:

CHA PTER 1, CLIENT RELATIONS & COMMUNICATIONS

§Form 1-17.2 Tax Advice Disclaimer for Electronic Client Communications

CHAPTER 12, PRE-TRIAL MOTIONS

§§12:23.2 Challenging and Amending Charging Instruments (Motions to Quash)—Case Law

§§12:210 Pretrial Habeas Writs—Statutory Law

§§12:211 Pretrial Habeas Writs—Case Law

§Form 12-44 State’s Notice of Intent to Seek Death Penalty

CHAPTER 13, DISCOVERY MOTIONS

§Form 13-1.3 Timely Request for Discovery

§Form 13-1.4 State’s Notice of Withholding or Redaction

§Form 13-1.5 Defendant’s Motion for Hearing on State’s Withholdings and/or Redactions

§Form 13-1.6 Defendant’s Motion to Disclose Discovery to a Third Party

§Form 13-1.7 State’s Electronic Record and Documentation of All Documents, Items and Other

Information Provided to Defendant Under CCP Art. 39.14

§Form 13-1.8 State and Defendant’s Acknowledgement of Receipt and Disclosure of Discovery Under CCP

Art. 39.14

§Form 13-1.9 Defendant’s Motion for On-Going Discovery

§Form 13-1.10 State’s Application for a Discovery Protective Order

§Form 13-1.11 Defendant’s Waiver and Acknowledgment of Rights Under CCP Art. 39.14(a)

§Form 13-1.12 Defendant’s Waiver of Discovery (Joined by State)

§Form 13-1.13 Defendant’s Receipt of Discovery

CHAPTER 15, TRIAL MOTIONS

§§15:151.1 Extraneous Offenses in Tampering With Witness Cases Involving Family Violence

§Form 15-27.2 Limiting Instruction for Extraneous Offenses in Tampering With Witness Cases Involving

Family Violence

§Form 15-46.2 Motion for Court Order to Accompany Subpoena

§Form 15-63.1 Motion to Sequester Jury

TEXAS CRIMINAL FORMS

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CHAPTER 16, EVIDENCE

§§16:44 Testing of Biological Evidence in Death Penalty Cases

§§16:72 Forfeiture by Wrongdoing

§Form 16-14.5 Motion to Meet and Confer to Determine Evidence That Constitutes Biological Evidence for

DNA Testing

§Form 16-14.6 Motion for Hearing to Determine Evidence for DNA Testing

§Form 16-14.7 Defendant’s Motion for Bench Notes of DNA Testing Due to Destruction or Loss of Evidence

§Form 16-21.1 Motion to Present Evidence of Forfeiture by Wrongdoing

§Form 16-21.2 Motion in Limine on Evidence of Alleged Forfeiture by Wrongdoing

CHAPTER 20, PUNISHMENT PHASE

§§20:22 Punishment Elections and Applications (Partial Execution of Some State Jail Sentences)—Statutory Law

§Form 20-5.2 Defendant’s Motion to Partially Execute State Jail Felony Sentence

CHAPTER 21, POST-TRIAL PROCEEDINGS

§§21:53 Writs Based on Scientific Evidence

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