CAUSE NO.  FIELD(Cause #)

THE STATE OF TEXAS	§	IN THE FIELD(COURT)	
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V.	§	OF	
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FIELD(DEFENDANT)	§	FIELD(COUNTY) COUNTY, TEXAS	

NOTICE OF APPEARANCE OF COUNSEL
AND FORMAL REQUEST FOR COMPLIANCE WITH ARTICLE 39.14
OF THE TEXAS CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE

TO THE HONORABLE JUDGE OF SAID COURT:

COMES NOW FIELD(Attorney), Attorney at Law, and enters this his appearance as the attorney of record for FIELD(DEFENDANT), Defendant, herein, representing FIELD(him/her) in the above entitled case, and requesting that FIELD(he/she) be notified of any and all settings and/or notifications in the above entitled and numbered case.
In addition to this attorney's appearance, this document shall also serve as a formal request upon the prosecuting attorney to comply with 39.14 of the Texas Code of Criminal Procedure to produce and permit the inspection and/or the electronic duplication, copying and photographing by and on the behalf of the Defendant the following, in unredacted form:
a.         Any offense reports of any law enforcement officer or officers or investigators involved in the investigation, arrest and/or detainment of the Defendant herein;
b.         Any documents, papers, written or recorded statements of the Defendant;

c.	Any documents, papers, written or recorded statements of any witness which the prosecuting attorney may call as a witness  herein;
d.         Any photographs, audio or video recordings of the Defendant, witnesses, victims, or alleged crime scenes;

e.         Any books, accounts, ledgers, letters, photographs, or other tangible objects involved in the investigation and/or prosecution of this offense;
f.         Any tangible property of any type seized during any arrest, search, detainment of the

Defendant herein;

g.         Any evidence which is exculpatory, impeachment or mitigating document, item or information in the possession, custody or control of the State, and law enforcement agency, or any State agency that tends to negate the guilt of the Defendant or would tend to reduce the punishment for the offense charged;
h.         The names, current addresses, current telephone numbers, of any witness which may be called by the prosecution in this cause pursuant to Rules 702, 703, and 705 of the Texas Rules of Evidence;
i.         The criminal history of each and every witness the prosecution may call as a witness in this cause; but not including the work product of counsel for the State in the case and their investigators employed by the prosecuting attorney for the State, nor their notes, nor written communications between the State and an agent, representative, or employee of the State that constitute or contain evidence material to any matter involved in this cause. However, this request does extend to all items which are in the possession, custody, or control of the State or any person under contract with the State. The State may provide electronic duplicates of any document or other information.
This request extends to any time before, during or after trial that the State, its agents, servants and/or employees discover any additional document, item or information required to be disclosed pursuant to Article 39.14 of the Texas Code of Criminal Procedure under Subsection (h) requiring the prosecuting attorney for the State to promptly disclose the existence of the document, item or
information to the Defendant, FIELD(his/her) attorney of record and the Court.

Additionally, the Defendant, by and through FIELD(his/her) attorney of record, hereby requests that the State electronically record or otherwise document any document, item, or other information provided pursuant to hereto, setting forth each document, item, or other information and the date and time same was provided to Defendant's attorney of record.
This request is made pursuant to the requirements of Article 39.14 of the Texas Rules of Criminal Procedure. The Attorney for Defendant requests that the prosecuting attorney for the State comply with these requests as soon as practicable, but no later than fourteen (14) days of this request, or that the prosecuting attorney for the State file a formal motion to extend the time from the aforementioned fourteen (14) days, for the furnishing of same and request a formal hearing for the reasons for noncompliance and/or extending the time for compliance.

Respectfully submitted,

CHAPPELL, LANEHART & STANGL, P.C. ATTORNEYS AT LAW
1217 Avenue K
Lubbock, Texas  79401
Ph. No. (806) 765-7370
Fax No. (806) 765-8150

By: 		 FIELD(Attorney)
State Bar No.: FIELD(SB #)
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I hereby certify that a true and correct copy of the above and foregoing Notice of Appearance of Counsel and Formal Request for Compliance with Article 39.14 of the Texas Code of Criminal Procedure has been hand-delivered or mailed, postage prepaid, to the FIELD(CrimDA/CtyAtty) of FIELD(County1) County, Texas on the          day of April, 2014.

FIELD(Attorney)