CAUSE NO._______________

THE STATE OF TEXAS 			§	IN THE ______________ COURT
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V.							§	____________ COUNTY, TEXAS
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[DEFENDANT]					§	______TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT
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MOTION TO ADOPT PLEADINGS

TO THE HONORABLE JUDGE OF SAID COURT:

	COMES NOW ____________________, Defendant in the above styled and numbered cause, and files this motion to adopt certain pleadings and motions heretofore filed and as grounds therefor would show the court the following:
I.
	Defendant would show that he has heretofore filed numerous motions and pleadings in a previous indictment of this case, being No._________________[Or Defendant would show that co-defendants in this case have heretofore filed and may hereafter file numerous motions and pleadings.]
II.
	Defendant requests that all such motions and rulings thereon be adopted by reference and incorporated by reference on behalf of the Defendant in this case.  Such motions and pleadings, the grounds stated therefor, and the rulings thereon are essential to this Defendant  in order for him to prepare an adequate defense and to obtain a fair trial in this case.

	WHEREFORE, premises considered, Defendant prays that this motion to adopt be granted and that all such motions and pleadings and the rulings thereon be adopted and incorporated in behalf of Defendant in this case.

							Respectfully submitted,

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							ATTORNEY FOR DEFENDANT

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

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

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							Attorney for Defendant

CAUSE NO._______________

THE STATE OF TEXAS 			§	IN THE ______________ COURT
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V.						§	____________ COUNTY, TEXAS
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[DEFENDANT]				§	______TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT

ORDER ON DEFENDANT’S MOTION TO ADOPT PLEADINGS

	On this _________ day of ____________ , 200___ , came to be heard Defendant’s Motion to Adopt certain Pleadings, and the evidence and argument of counsel having been heard by the Court, the Court is of the opinion that said motion should be
							__________ GRANTED
							__________ DENIED, to which the Defendant timely excepts.

	It is therefore Ordered, Adjudged and Decreed that Defendant's Motion to Adopt is
hereby GRANTED / DENIED.
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							Judge Presiding