Pretrial motions
| Author | Mark G. Daniel/Robert K. Gill |
| Pages | 397-484 |
PRETRIAL MOTIONS
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CHAPTER 12
PRETRIAL MOTIONS
§12:10 FILING AND LITIGATING PRETRIAL MOTIONS
§12:11 Statutes
§12:12 Time Limits for Filing Pretrial Motions
§12:12.1 Misdemeanors
§12:12.2 Felonies
§12:13 Pretrial Hearings
§12:14 Form: Motion for Additional Pretrial Motions
§12:20 EXPERT WITNESS ASSISTANCE FOR INDIGENTS
§12:21 Statutes
§12:22 Defendant Has a Right to an Expert
§12:23 Defendant Must Show Compelling Need
§12:24 Form: Motions
§12:30 INVESTIGATIVE ASSISTANCE FOR INDIGENTS
§12:31 Statutes
§12:32 Investigative Expenses Are Within the Discretion of the Court
§12:33 Record Must Show Specific Need
§12:34 Counsel’s Duty to Investigate Mitigation
§12:35 Form: Motions
§12:40 RECUSAL AND DISQUALIFICATION OF TRIAL JUDGE
§12:41 Constitution and Statutes
§12:42 Difference Between Recusal and Disqualification
§12:43 Recusal of Trial Judge
§12:43.1 Application of Civil Rule
§12:43.2 Motion to Recuse
§12:43.3 Duty of the Trial Judge
§12:43.4 Appeals
§12:44 Form: Motions and Order
§12:45 Disqualification of Trial Judge
§12:45.1 Basis for Motion
§12:45.2 Movant’s Burden
§12:45.3 Grounds
§12:45.4 Appeal
§12:46 Objecting to Judicial Assignments
§12:47 Form: Motions and Order
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§12:50 CHANGE OF VENUE
§12:51 Statutes
§12:52 Motion Filing Deadlines Do Not Apply
§12:53 Court’s Motion for Change of Venue
§12:53.1 Procedure
§12:54 State’s Motion for Change of Venue
§12:54.1 Procedure
§12:54.2 Contesting State’s Motion
§12:55 Defendant’s Motion for Change of Venue
§12:55.1 Procedure
§12:55.2 Defendant’s Affidavits
§12:55.3 Form: Motion and Affidavit
§12:55.4 State’s Controverting Affidavit
§12:55.5 Form: State’s Controverting Motion and Affidavit
§12:55.6 Grounds for Defendant’s Motion
§12:55.6.1 Prejudice
§12:55.6.2 Dangerous Combination
§12:55.7 Trial Court Must Hold a Hearing
§12:55.8 Preserving Error
§12:55.9 Appellate Review
§12:55.10 Changes of Venue by Consent
§12:60 SPEEDY TRIAL
§12:61 Constitution and Statutes
§12:62 Texas Speedy Trial Act
§12:62.1 Statutory Law
§12:62.2 Case Law
§12:63 Constitutional Speedy Trial Motions
§12:63.1 Factors for Examination
§12:63.2 Length of Delay
§12:63.3 Reason for Delay
§12:63.4 The Defendant’s Efforts
§12:63.5 Prejudice
§12:63.6 Necessary Proof
§12:63.7 Remedy Is Dismissal
§12:63.8 Form: Motions
§12:63.9 Interstate Agreement on Detainers (IAD)
§12:64 Defendant’s Right to Speedy Indictment
§12:64.1 Statutes
§12:64.2 Application of the Statute
§12:64.3 The State’s Burden
§12:64.4 Trial Court May Dismiss Case
§12:64.5 Defendant May Still Be Prosecuted
§12:64.6 Form: Motion and Waiver
§12:65 Mandamus to Enforce Speedy Trial Rights
§12:65.1 Defendant May Petition for Writ of Mandamus
§12:65.2 Mandamus Not Appropriate for Speedy Trial Dismissals
§12:65.3 Form: Petition for Writ
§12:70 JOINDER AND SEVERANCE
§12:71 Joinder and Severance of Multiple Defendants
§12:71.1 Statutes
§12:71.2 Joinder
§12:71.3 Severance
§12:71.4 Grounds for Severance
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§12:71.5 Timeliness of Motion
§12:71.6 Form: Motions
§12:72 Joinder and Severance of Multiple Counts
§12:72.1 Statutes
§12:72.2 Joinder of Counts
§12:72.3 Severance of Counts
§12:72.4 Form: Motions and Supporting Brief
§12:80 TESTIFYING FREE FROM IMPEACHMENT BY PRIOR CONVICTIONS
§12:81 Statutes and Rules
§12:82 General Points
§12:83 Test for Admissibility of Priors
§12:84 Convictions More Than 10 Years Old
§12:85 Forms: Motions and Supporting Brief
§12:90 INDICTMENTS AND INFORMATIONS
§12:91 Statutes
§12:92 Indictments in General
§12:92.1 Allegations Required
§12:92.2 Allegations Not Required
§12:92.3 Sufficiency
§12:92.4 Variance
§12:92.5 Number of Convictions Authorized
§12:92.6 Election of Primary Act Relied on for Conviction
§12:92.7 Duplicity
§12:92.8 Reading of Indictment to Jury
§12:93 Challenges to Charging Instruments
§12:93.1 Statutes
§12:93.2 Motion Must Be Filed and Heard Before Trial Date
§12:93.3 Grounds for Challenge
§12:93.3.1 General Challenges
§12:93.3.2 Constitutional Challenges
§12:93.3.2.1 Overbreadth Challenges
§12:93.3.2.2 Vagueness Challenges
§12:93.3.2.3 First Amendment Challenges
§12:93.4 Defendant’s Burden
§12:93.5 Form: Motions
§12:94 Amendments to the Charging Instrument
§12:94.1 Statutes
§12:94.2 What Is an Amendment
§12:94.3 Motion Must Be Filed Before Trial Date
§12:94.4 Procedure to Amend
§12:94.5 Abandonments
§12:95 Dismissal of Charging Instrument With Prejudice
§12:100 STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS
§12:101 Statutes
§12:102 Purpose of the Statute of Limitations
§12:103 Computing the Limitations Period
§12:104 Asserting the Statute of Limitations
§12:104.1 Pretrial Procedure
§12:104.2 Procedure During Trial
§12:105 Tolling Provisions
§12:106 Form: Motions Based on Statute of Limitations
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