Hunt County District Courts Pre-Motion Conference Requirements

CRITICALCriminal cases

Counsel must confer with opposing counsel and attempt to resolve the matter before filing any motion.

no motion may be filed without first conferring with opposing counsel and attempting to resolve the matter

CRITICALCriminal cases

A discovery motion may be filed only after the defense obtains discovery and reasonably believes materials remain missing, or after the State fails to provide discovery within a reasonable time following indictment.

The State has an "open file" policy, and a discovery motion may be filed only after the defense has. obtained discovery from the state and.has.a reasonable basis to believe. that there are discovery materials not yet received from the State, or if the State has failed to furnish discovery to the defense pursuant to CCP 39.14 within a reasonable time after indictment.

WARNINGCriminal cases

Defense counsel may seek discovery by motion when counsel reasonably believes the local rules and Standing Order do not address the discovery need.

should there be a discovery matter to which defense counsel reasonably believes that the local rules and this Standing Order are not responsive, and for which the defense needs to obtain discovery, defense counsel may file a motion to obtain such discovery.

WARNINGCriminal cases

The Court will not consider a Brady-violation or discovery-sanction motion filed before trial or compensate an attorney for it.

The Court will not consider any "Brady violation" or "discovery sanction" motion rtled prior to the commencement of trial, and will not compensate any attorney for such · motion.

WARNINGCriminal cases

The Court will disregard repetitive discovery motions, and appointed counsel will not be compensated for preparing or presenting them.

The Court will not consider discovery motions which are repetitive of local rules or of this Standing Order, and court appointed counsel will. not be compensated for the preparation or presentation of such m·otion.

WARNINGCriminal cases

A Rule 705(b) expert-examination motion will generally be heard at trial, but a party anticipating an examination lasting more than one hour must notify the Court so an additional pretrial hearing may be scheduled.

Any motion under T.R.E. 705(b) for voir dire of an expert prior to testimony will generally be taken up at the time of trial in such a manner. as to not unduly waste the time of the jury. However, if either party anticipates that an extensive Rule 705(b) examination will be required (more than one hour) such shall be made known to the Court so that an additional pre-trial hearing can be scheduled for this purpose.