Cause No. __________

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

MOTION TO CONSOLIDATE

TO THE HONORABLE JUDGE OF SAID COURT:

	NOW COMES ***, Defendant in the above entitled and numbered cause, by and through Counsel, and would show unto the Court as follows:
	
	I.
Defendant herein stands charged under separate charging instruments with multiple offenses which arose as a result of the same criminal episode.  In Cause No. ____________, the Defendant is charged with the offense of ____________________ and in Cause No. _______________, the Defendant is charged with the offense of _____________________.
	
	II.
Pursuant to Section 3.02 of the Texas Penal Code, Defendant would request, for purposes of judicial efficiency, a consolidation of the multiple offenses into a single prosecution.  Defendant respectfully requests this action to preserve his rights under the Fifth, Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments of the United States Constitution, and Article I, Sections 10 and 19 of the Texas Constitution, Articles 1.04, 1.05 and 1.051(a) of the Texas Code of Criminal Procedure.

	WHEREFORE, PREMISES CONSIDERED, Defendant herein would pray that the Court 
consolidate multiple prosecutions into a single trial, for purposes of judicial efficiency.
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 Motion to Consolidate 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

Came on to be considered the Defendant’s motion to consolidate the trial of multiple offenses which arose as a result of a single episode.  Upon consideration of the motion, the argument of counsel and the pleadings before the Court, the Defendant’s motion is:1

__________ (GRANTED, and the indictment/information/complaint in Cause Numbers 
__________________________ are consolidated for trial because the offenses alleged arose out of the same criminal episode).

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

SIGNED on the _____ day of ____________________, 200___.

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JUDGE PRESIDING