Cause No. __________

STATE OF TEXAS				§		IN THE _______________ COURT
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V.						§		COURT DESIGNATION
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***						§		_______________ COUNTY, TEXAS

DEFENDANT'S REQUEST FOR COURT REPORTER

TO THE HONORABLE JUDGE OF SAID COURT:

	COMES NOW ***, the Defendant in the above styled and numbered cause and respectfully requests the Court enter an order that a court reporter take down in shorthand or by any other reliable method, and record all proceedings held in this cause including, but not limited to the following:
	
      	(1)	All pre-trial hearings, the guilt-innocence hearing and the  punishment hearing, if any.

(2)	The entire voir dire examination of the jury panel during the trial of this cause on the merits, including conferences at the bench.

(3)	All opening statements by counsel for the prosecution and counsel for the Defendant during the hearing on guilt-innocence, all objections made thereto and the rulings of the Court thereon.
	
(4)	All testimony of any and all witnesses during the guilt-innocence hearing and the punishment hearing, if any.
	
(5)	All testimony adduced at hearings held outside the presence of the jury during the guilt-innocence hearing and the punishment hearing, if any.
	
(6)	All communications between the Court and the jury during the guilt-innocence hearing and the punishment hearing, if any.
	
(7)	All arguments made to the jury by counsel for the prosecution and counsel for the Defendant during the guilt-innocence hearing and the punishment hearing, if any.
	
(8)	All objections made by defense counsel and the prosecutor, and all rulings of the Court thereon, during the pre-trial hearings, the hearing to determine guilt-innocence and the punishment hearing, if any.
	
(9)	All objections to the charge of the Court made by defense counsel and the prosecuting attorney, during the guilt-innocence hearing and the punishment hearing, if any, and all rulings of the Court with respect thereto.

	WHEREFORE, PREMISES CONSIDERED, the Defendant prays that this motion be in 
all things granted.

Respectfully Submitted,

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Attorney for Defendant
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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

This is to certify that a true and correct copy of the foregoing Defendant’s Request for Court Reporter was served upon the attorney for the State on ________________________, 200___.

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Attorney for Defendant

	

Cause No. __________

STATE OF TEXAS				§		IN THE _______________ COURT
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V.						§		COURT DESIGNATION
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***						§		_______________ COUNTY, TEXAS

ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANT'S REQUEST FOR COURT REPORTER

On this ________ day of ________________, 200___, came on to be heard the foregoing Defendant's Request For Court Reporter.  The foregoing Defendant's motion is hereby _______________.

SIGNED on this ________ day of ____________________, 200___.

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JUDGE PRESIDING