Monday, May 6, 2013

MOTION FOR A CONTINUANCE




Cause No(s). _____________________________

The State of Texas                            §           IN THE _________________________ COURT
                                                            §            
VS.                                                      §          ________________________________________                                                               §                    
____________________________   §            __________________ COUNTY, TEXAS



MOTION FOR A CONTINUANCE


            I, _________________________________, a living  man without benefit of counsel, hereinafter known as The Accused, moves this Honorable Court for a continuance which will allow the court prosecutor adequate time to respond to the filed Request For Admissions as per Rule 198.1 of the TEXAS RULES OF COURT.

Respectfully,
_________________________________


CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
I hereby certify that a true and correct copy of the forgoing has been delivered to the following party or counsel of record via delivery confirmation, hand delivery or fax on this ______  day of ________________________, 201__.
______________________________________
______________________________________
______________________________________

_________________________________


Cause No(s). _____________________________

The State of Texas                            §           IN THE _________________________ COURT
                                                            §            
VS.                                                      §          ________________________________________                                                               §                    
____________________________   §            __________________ COUNTY, TEXAS


ORDER ON DEFENDANT'S MOTION

FOR A CONTINUANCE

            On this the               day of                                , 201__, came on to be heard Defendant's Motion for a Continuance in the above entitled and numbered cause(s), and the court, having heard the said motion, and the evidence thereon submitted, is of the opinion that said Motion should be
                    Granted
                    Denied, Grounds Being ________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________

            Signed and entered this                day of                            ,  201__.


SEAL
         
                                                            _____________________________
                                                                        Judge Presiding



INSTRUCTIONS

This document is filed at least 10 days before the pretrial and ONLY if you serve a copy of the REQUEST FOR ADMISSIONS on the prosecutor. The prosecutor needs 30 days to have time to answer the Request for Admission document.
Do not have a page number on the ORDER – you may need to cut and paste to a new document.
Original is filed with the court clerk, copy served on the prosecutor, a copy for you.

Line 1: Where you put the cause numbers of the case.
Line 2: Put either ‘Municipal’, ‘Justice of the Peace’ or County.
Line 3: Put  either ‘In the City of (whatever City)”, “Precinct (whatever number)” or “(whatever county Court it is – like – At Law #11)
Line 4: Put your name in Upper and Lower Caps.
Line 5: Put whatever county the court is in – like – “Galveston”.
Line 6: Put your name in Upper and Lower Caps.
There is a space left for you to put a “wo” in front of ‘man’ if need be.
Line 7: Sign your name, below the line, print your name in Upper and Lower Caps then below that print your address.
Line 8: Put the numbered day of the Month that you serve a copy of this document to the prosecutor.
Line 9: Put the name of the Month that you serve a copy of this document to the prosecutor.
Line 10: Put the last number of the year that you serve a copy of this document to the prosecutor. – like - 2013 .
Line 11: Put “ Prosecutor for (Whatever Court)
Line 12: Put the street address where the prosecutor will be served.
Line 13: Put the City, State and Zipcode where the Prosecutor will be served.
Line 14: Sign your name, print your name in Upper and Lower Caps then below that print your address.
NEW DOCUMENT - ORDER
Line 8: Where you put the cause numbers of the case.
Line 9: Put either ‘Municipal’, ‘Justice of the Peace’ or County.
Line 10: Put  either ‘In the City of (whatever City)”, “Precinct (whatever number)” or “(whatever county Court it is – like – At Law #11)
Line 11: Put your name in Upper and Lower Caps.
Line 12: Put whatever county the court is in – like – “Galveston”.
Leave the rest for the Judge to fill out.



Original goes to the clerk of the court, one copy to the Prosecutor and one copy for you to keep and have stamped by the clerk. Be sure and NOT include the instruction sheets.

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