Brown County District Court Sealing & Redaction Procedures
2 rules from official source documents
Procedures for filing sealed or redacted documents, including required motions and formats.
CRITICAL
The original presentence report and two copies must be filed under seal, and the report may be released only with the defendant's written authorization to the District Attorney and defense counsel.
The Community Supervision and Corrections Department of the 35th Judicial District Court of Brown and Mills Counties, Texas shall file the original presentence report and two copies of the same under seal in the papers of the cause, and shall not disclose the contents of the report to any person unless the defendant, in writing, authorized release of the report, whereupon the Community Supervision and Corrections Department shall release the report to the District Attorney and counsel for the defendant.
WARNINGCriminal cases
The State may withhold or redact the portion of a discovery item that is not subject to discovery under the Order or Article 39.14.
If only a portion of the applicable document, item, or information is subject to discovery under this Order and Article 39.14 of the Texas Code of Criminal Procedure, the State is not required to produce or permit the inspection of the remaining portion that is not subject to discovery and may withhold or redact that portion.
How does Brown County District Court handle sealed or redacted filings?
Brown County District Court: The original presentence report and two copies must be filed under seal, and the report may be released only with the defendant's written authorization to the District Attorney and defense counsel.
Judge Mike Smith: The State may withhold or redact the portion of a discovery item that is not subject to discovery under the Order or Article 39.14.
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