Pretrial Motions
Author | Mark G. Daniel/Robert K. Gill |
Pages | 369-438 |
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Chapter 12
Pretrial Motions
Table of Contents
§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
TEXAS CRIMINAL LAWYER’S HANDBOOK 12-2
§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
§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
§12:63 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
12-3 PRETRIAL MOTIONS
§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
§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
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