CAUSE NOS. 

THE STATE OF TEXAS	§	IN THE DISTRICT COURT  
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VS.	§		OF HARRIS COUNTY, TEXAS
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	§	248TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT

	DESIGNATION OF RECORD ON APPEAL

TO THE HONORABLE JUDGE OF SAID COURT:
COMES NOW, ----, the Defendant in the above-styled and numbered cause and files this Designation of Record on Appeal, pursuant to Rule 34.5(b) of the Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure, and requests that the Clerk of this Honorable Court include as part of the transcript for appeal of this case true and correct copies of the following:
1.  All pleadings, motions and stipulations of the State, including but not limited to, the Complaint; Information and Indictment; any re-indictment; any motions in limine; any search warrants, arrest warrants, or consent to search; and all rulings of the court thereon;

2.  All pleadings, motions and stipulations filed by the Defendant, or made orally and recorded, whether by Defendant’s counsel or pro se, and all rulings of the court thereon;
3.  Any competency and/or sanity evaluations done at the direction of the Court in this cause, any motions by the State or Defendant requesting such evaluations, and all orders concerning psychiatric examination of the Defendant for the purpose of determining sanity or competency;
4.  All written waivers of rights;
5.  All written admonishments signed by the Defendant;
6.  Defendant’s election as to who should assess punish in the event 
     of his conviction;	
7.  All subpoenas filed by either side in this cause;
8.  State’s notice(s) of intent to use certain evidence;
9.  Trial Court’s docket sheets and all docket entries made by the Court;
10.  All juror information lists, before and after any shuffle that may have occurred, including the lists of the Court, the State and the Defendant, as well as any questionnaires that were used;
11.  The strike list reflecting the strikes made by the State and the Defendant, and the list reflecting the names of the venire persons who sat as jurors at this trial;

12.  All notes and other communications sent by the jury to the Court, the Court’s responses thereto and all defense objections and requested instructions made by the defense to each such jury note and the response of the Court;
13.  The Trial Court’s jury charge and objections, if any, thereto and any requested charges with the Trial Court’s rulings thereon, for both the guilt/innocence and punishment phases of the trial in this cause;
14.  The respective verdicts of the jury at the hearings to determine guilt/innocence and punishment;
15.  The judgment and sentence of the Trial Court;
16.  Any formal bills of exception provided for in Tex. R. App. P. 52;
17.  All written documents, motions, pleas and orders of the Court not already requested herein that are normally included in the record of the Court in a criminal appeal, including but not limited to, order setting bond or other information concerning the setting of bail; any warrants; statutory warnings; and agreed settings;
18.  The originals or legible copies of all exhibits introduced into evidence by either side before the jury or Court during any hearing of any sort relating to this cause;
19.  The originals or legible copies of all exhibits offered into evidence by the defense before the jury or court and denied admission into evidence;
20.  The pre-sentence investigation report, including all exhibits;

21.  Defendant’s Motion for New Trial and any amended Motions for New Trial, any written response of the State thereto, and the order of the Court thereon;
22.  Written material, if any, to which access was denied to the defendant which the Trial Court ordered sealed and included in the appellate record;
23.  Any written Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law made by the Trial Court or filed by any party and ruled on by the Trial Court;
24.  Defendant’s Written Notice of Appeal;
25.  Any appeal bond, affidavit in lieu of bond or clerk’s certificate of deposit in lieu of bond;
26.  The Pauper’s Oath on Appeal signed by this Defendant, the Order Appointing Counsel on Appeal, and Order to Prepare Statement of Facts on Appeal;
27.  The Designation of Record on Appeal;	
28.  The letter to the Official Court Reporter requesting preparation of a Statement of Facts;
29.  All requests for extensions of time to file the Statement of Facts in this cause, and the Order of the Court on said requests;
30.  The Defendant’s Motion to Correct the Record in this cause, if any, and the Order of the Court on said Motion;

31.  Copies of any communications between the offices of the District Clerk or Court of Appeals clerk and defense counsel;
32.  All of the above filed, recorded, or presented under any other cause numbers associated with this offense and Defendant.
Defendant has provided the court reporter, ------, for the 228th District Court a copy of this designation so that the court reporter will provide a statement of facts of all pre-trial, trial and post-trial matters she took down in the courtroom for filing with the Court of Appeals and its consideration thereof.  With the exception of the transcript of the court reporter’s notes, all other matters contained in this Designation are, or should be, in the custody of the Clerk.
Defendant requests that all of the above items, excluding the statement of facts, be assembled under one cover to thereby constitute the transcript on appeal pursuant to Tex. R. App. P. 34, and that once assembled, they be consecutively numbered and indexed and then immediately forwarded to the Court of Appeals.
WHEREFORE, PREMISES CONSIDERED, the Defendant respectfully prays that the Clerk of this Court make and prepare as a part of the transcript of appeal of this cause copies of all the matters stipulated above and make same a part of the record in the appeal of this cause.       

Respectfully submitted,

						/s/ Nicole DeBorde				
NICOLE DEBORDE
						Texas Bar No. 00787344
Counsel for the Defendant on Appeal
712 Main Street, Suite 2400
Houston, Texas 77002
Telephone:  (713) 526-6300
Facsimile: (713) 228-0034
Email:  Nicole@DeBordeLawFirm.com 

	CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
I hereby certify that on this the 10th day of April 2018, a true and correct copy of the foregoing “Designation of Record on Appeal” was served via efiletexas.gov to the Assistant District Attorney handling this case.	
	 			/s/ Nicole DeBorde									NICOLE DEBORDE