Judge John Shrode
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Each appointed attorney must provide written evidence of compliance with 10 hours of criminal law and/or criminal procedure CLE to the Court Coordinator of the 358th District Court by the applicable State Bar annual CLE reporting deadline.
In order to satisfy the standards required by the United States and Texas Constitutions, the State Bar of Texas, and Ector County's Indigent Defense Plan for the appointment of counsel for indigent defendants, on or before the deadline for reporting one's annual mandatory CLE compliance to the State Bar of Texas, each attorney shall provide in writing to the Court Coordinator of the 358th District Court evidence of said attorney's compliance with the CLE requirements identified in Ector County Indigent Defense Plan (10 hours of CLE in the area of criminal law and/or criminal procedure).
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After a plea agreement is negotiated, the case remains pending and no plea hearing will be scheduled until the court receives a jury-trial waiver signed and executed by the defendant and counsel of record.
If the State and the Defendant(s) negotiate a plea agreement for any pending case, no plea hearing will be scheduled and said cases(s) shall remain pending on the Court's docket until such time as the Court has received a "Waiver of Right to a Jury Trial" that has been signed and executed by the Defendant(s) and his/her counsel of record.
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Jury Trial Waiver
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Counsel for the State and defendant must notify the court of negotiated plea-agreement terms by 5:00 p.m. on the Thursday before jury selection, absent extraordinary circumstances.
In all criminal cases pending in the 358th District Court in which plea agreements have been negotiated, the deadline to notify the Court of any such plea agreement(s) shall be no later than 5:00 p.m. on the Thursday before the commencement of jury selection for said cases(s). Counsel for the State and the Defendant(s) must notify the Court of the terms of any such negotiated plea agreement pursuant to the deadline stated herein. No plea agreement will be accepted or approved by the Court after the expiration of this deadline, absent extraordinary circumstances.
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