Cause No. __________

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

MOTION FOR CONTINUANCE

TO THE HONORABLE JUDGE OF SAID COURT:

	COMES NOW ***, The Defendant in the above styled and numbered cause and files his/her Motion For Continuance and in support thereof would show the Court as follows:
	I.
The Defendant is charged by indictment/information/complaint with the offense of 
_______________.  This case is set for trial before a jury/the court, on ________________, 200___. This is the ___________ trial setting for this case.
	
	II.
[Set forth grounds for motion.  See Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 29.06 for particular requirements when ground is absence of a witness, and Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 29.07  for requirements of subsequent motion by Defendant.] 
	
	III.
The Defendant requests that the trial of this case be continued until [state date, time period or event.]  This motion is not made for purposes of delay, but so that justice may be done.  

WHEREFORE, PREMISES CONSIDERED, the Defendant prays that his/her motion for 
continuance be granted.

Respectfully Submitted,

____________________________________
Attorney Name
State Bar Number
Address
City, State, Zip
Phone 
Fax

Attorney for Defendant
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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

This is to certify that a true and correct copy of the foregoing Motion for Continuance was served upon the attorney for the State on _____________________, 200___.

____________________________________
Attorney for Defendant

VERIFICATION

STATE OF TEXAS			§
					§	KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS
COUNTY OF __________		§

“My name is _____________________________ and I am [the attorney for] the Defendant in this case.  I have knowledge of the facts stated in the foregoing Motion for Continuance and they are true and correct.”
Signed on _________________________, 200___.

____________________________________
[Name of Affiant]

SWORN AND SUBSCRIBED TO BEFORE ME, the undersigned Notary Public on 
_________________________, 200___.

____________________________________
Notary Public in and for the State of Texas

Cause No. __________

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

ORDER

Came on to be considered the motion for continuance of the Defendant.  Upon consideration of the motion and argument of counsel, the motion is hereby 

__________ (GRANTED, and the trial of this case is hereby continued to 
____________________, 200___.)

__________ (DENIED, to which ruling the Defendant excepts.)

SIGNED ON ______________________, 200___.

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JUDGE PRESIDING