__________________ DISTRICT OF TEXAS
										
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EX PARTE APPLICATION FOR AUTHORIZATION TO HIRE INVESTIGATOR
(WITH AUTHORITIES)

 TO THE HONORABLE /////////////:

	COMES NOW ///, Defendant in the above styled and numbered cause and makes his/her application for authorization by the Court to hire an investigator to assist his/her counsel and for cause would show the Court as follows:
I.
	The Defendant is presently indigent and, is incarcerated in the Dallas County Jail serving a sentence in the Texas Department of Corrections and has had counsel appointed by the Court to represent him/her.
II.
	Pursuant to the authority of 18 USC §3006 A(e) the Defendant requests authorization from the Court for the Defendant to hire an investigator who will be paid out of funds appropriated for the administration of the criminal justice act.  It is vital to the defense that it have the services of an investigator to investigate the events alleged by the government to give rise to the indictments and the witnesses called by the government.  Defense requests authorization to hire __________________________________, at a rate of _________ an hour, to provide investigative services to assist defense counsel in preparing the defense.  Without this time knowing the facts of the case, defense submits that an authorization of $3,500.00 for investigation fees and expenses would be appropriate.
III.
	The Defendant submits that authorization of the payment of funds for an investigator to assist defense counsel is necessary in order for the Defendant to adequately prepare his defense, to insure him/her effective assistant of counsel and due process of law.  Ake v. Oklahoma. 470 U.S. 68, 105 S.Ct. 1087, 84 L.Ed.2d 53 (1985).

							Respectfully Submitted,

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							Name
							State Bar No. 
							Address
							City, State, Zip
							Telephone
							Attorney for Defendant

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	CAME ON to be considered the ex parte application of Defendant ///, for authorization for funds to hire an investigator to assist his/her counsel in preparing his/her case for trial.  Having considered the application, it is hereby GRANTED.  The Court hereby authorizes the payment of up to $_____________________  to ___________________________ for investigative services to be rendered on behalf of Defendant ///, the payment of such funds to be subject to a final order of the Court.
	It is so ORDERED.
	SIGNED on ____________________, 20___.

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							JUDGE PRESIDING