Robertson County District Court, Texas Adjournment & Extension Requirements

CRITICALCriminal cases

Continuance requests must be filed at least 30 days before trial; requests filed within 30 days will not be considered absent an emergency, and an unavailable expert or fact witness is not an emergency.

All requests for continuances shall be filed no later than 30 days before trial. Any motion for continuance filed within 30 days of trial will not be considered by the Court unless there is an emergency. ( the unavailability of an expert witness or fact witness will not be considered an emergency.)

CRITICAL

A request to pass, postpone, or reset a trial, pre-trial, or other hearing may be granted only with all involved counsel’s consent or when the ends of justice require it.

No request to pass, postpone or to reset any trial, pre-trial or other hearing shall be granted unless counsel for all parties involved consent, or the ends of justice require that it be postponed or reset.

WARNING

When counsel seeks a postponement because of a conflicting setting in another court, counsel must provide alternative available trial dates within six weeks of the tentative setting date.

If, at any stage of proceedings, a postponement is sought for the reason that counsel has conflicting settings in some other court, such counsel shall give the Court alternative dates, within six weeks of the date of the tentative setting, when he or she will be available to try the