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.
