Walker County Court at Law
Court-Level Rules, Filing Procedures & Policies
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Document Format Requirements3 rules
A testifying party or witness must be clearly visible and heard on camera or may not testify or continue testifying.
Court's wording
C. The camera of any party or wibress who provides testimony must provide an unobstructed view of the party or witness providing testimony. An unobstructed view, for the purposes of this plan, means that the individual can be clearly seery identified and heard without any barrier other than a clean camera lens. Consistent with constitutional confrontation requirements, if a party or witness is not on camera, or cannot be clearly seery the court will not allow the person to testify or continue to testify unless the witness complies with the requirement of an unobstructed view.
c. Evidence formatting must comply with the General Order Regariling Eaidence ln the District Courts and County Court at Laut of Walker County, Teras signed on ]une 7, 2023.
a. Any physical evidence offered at a remote proceeding detention hearing must be displayed so that the court, attomeys, parties and witness can view it simultaneously.
Document Filing Requirements1 rule
When practicable, digital copies of physical evidence should be emailed to the court and counsel before the hearing.
Court's wording
b. When digital copies of physical evidence can be prepared, such as audio/video recordings, documents or images, the digital copies should be emailed to the court at wccl@co.walker.tx.us and to counsel for the parties before the hearing if practicable.
Filing & Service rules
Filing Timing and Cure Windows
A party absent from court when offering physical evidence that cannot be digitized must tender it to the court no later than two days after the remote proceeding.
d. Physical evidence which cannot be rendered in digital form shall be tendered to the court no later than two days after the remote proceeding if the party offering the evidence is not present in the court when it is offered.
Criminal cases
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