Angelina County Courts at Law Filing Rules

Pre-trial and post-trial motions and responses must be in writing.

If a detained juvenile has not retained private counsel, the court must appoint an attorney by the initial detention hearing.

When a defendant requests appointed counsel, the request form must be faxed to the appointing authority within 24 hours.

A copy of the jury-setting request must be mailed to all counsel involved, and their addresses must be provided.

The jury fee must have been paid for the jury-setting request to certify that it has been paid.

Fee payment requests must use forms approved by the District and County Court at Law Judges.

The expense request and any denial must be submitted to the record as a sealed exhibit.

Attorneys must submit the annual practice-time report online to the Texas Indigent Defense Commission, reporting the specified appointment-based work percentage for the October 1–September 30 reporting period.

Pretrial-motion hearings should be requested before docket call; motions not heard by then will be heard at the Court's convenience.