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motions, FED R. APP. PROC. 27production of documents, order, Rule 34production of documents, rehsal to produce, Rule 37(b)request for production of documents for copying, forms,FED. FORM 24summons, service, Rule 4(d)written, instruments, exhibit in pleading, Rule 10(c)TEX. R. CRIM. PROC.. certified copies, Rule 20(h)indictment and information, Rule 10searches and seizures, Rule 41subpoena, service, Rule 17(d)when signing . - witness denies si~ning, - -. proof may be made byother means.TEX. CODE CRIM. PROC. ANN. Art. 38.26 [repealed 19851refreshed memory with copyJohnson v, State, 478 S.W.2d 952 (Tex. Crim. App. 1972)State records of notes and other financial matterscertified copies of notes and other money records maintainedby State department heads are as admissible as the originalsTEX. REV. CN. STAT. ANN. Art. 3731 [repealed as to civilactions, 1979; repealed as to criminal actions, 19851statutesHalt v. State, 160 S.W.2d 957 vex. Crim. App. 1942)TEX. Clv. STAT. ANN. art. 1176 $3typewritten-questioned documentsexpert consultation-pretrial consideration 20 Am Jur POF301-7elements of proof 20 Am Jur POF 308 et. seq. - .carbon copies 20 Am Jur POF 293-6 . .venuecopy of file required to determine venue for action in severalcounties Dorsaneo, TEXAS LIT~OATION GUIDE $392.02131voluminous recordselements of proof 35 Am Jur POF 147-208willscertified copies to probate Dorsaneo, TEXAS LITIGATIONGUIDE 5392.142attorney's carbon copy production of will at court Dorsaneo,TEXAS LITIGATION GUIDE $392.09[1]revocation of prior will by revocation clause in lost will 31ALR4th 117proof of lost or destroyed will 14 Am Jur POF 531-55nouaccessibility of will: sufficient proof 86 ALR3d 980elements of proof 35 Am Jur POP 147-208witnessrefreshing recollection with a copyelements of proof-predicate 10 Am Jur POF 268-75WDWI Practice Gemsmnrinuedflo~rom poge 36-APPENDIX A10. Rights of accused in criminal prosecutionsis further d~stineuished from Mirnrzdo in that it Sec. 10 In all crinzi,ml prosecutions the accusedrequiru, in addition a, thc warnings, a require- shall have a speedy public trial by an impartial jury.ment that the w\pen is lakcn without unnerw He shall have the right to demand thcnamre and causemy dchy to a m;rgiclratc for funhcr adviging of the accusation against him, and to have a copyof his rights.therwf. He shall not be campelled to give evidence8. McCambridge712 S.W.2d at 510 (Taguedis- against himself, andslmllha~~etl~erighl ofbzingheard9.senti@.by hitme% or wenmi or balh, shall be canfrontedSee Appendix B for the text of Art.I$19, Tex. by the witnesses against him and shall havecompul-Const., Art. 1.04, Tex.C.Cr.Pro., and of the wry process for obtaining witnesses in his favor, ex-Fourteenth Amiendment.cept that when the witness resides out of theState and10. State courts, through theirconslitutio~s, should the offense charged is a violation of any of the antistriveto protect stale and federal constitutional trust laws of Ulis State, the defendant and the Staterighuand not limit them. Breman, State Con- shall have the rightto prcduce and have the evidencestitutions n,~dthe Prmection ofIndividv.d Rights, admitted by deposition, under such mles and laws as90 Hm.L.Rev. 489 (1977); Lewis and Trichler, the Legislature may hereafter provide: and no pernieNarionnliutliorz of the Bill of Rights, 20 son shall be held to answer for a criminal offense,Wa8h.L.J. 2 (1981). Wilkes, IheNewFedeml- unless on an indictment of a grand jury, except inism in Cri~niml Procedtwe: Slate Coan Ewsion cases in which thepuni=hment isby fine or imprisonoftheBurger Court. 62 Ky.L.1. 421 (1974); ment, otherwise than in the penitentiary in cases ofWilkes, More w the New Freedom in Crimi,ml impeachment, and in cases arising in the army orProcedure, 63 Ky.L.J. 871 (1975); Wilkes, Ihe navy, or in the militia, when in actual service in timeNeivFederniism in Cri,nindPrnceBure Revisit- of war or public danger.ed, 64 Ky.L.1. 729 (1976); S. Abrahamson, Amended Nov. 5, 1918.Cri~ni~miLntvnndStote Constitutions: Ute Enrergeticeof Srme Consn'tnlional Law, 63 Art. 1.05. Rights of AccusedTex.L.Rev. I141 (1985); Comment. Individ~tol 61 ell crir,zirml nmrecutiom the acmsed shall haveRighfsnndState Comtitutional literprefntims: ;. pedy puhlic trial hy sn iwpartial jury. Ile shdlPuuing First TlzingsFirsl, 37 Baybr L.Rw. 493 haw thc right to Cmand thc nalurc and ausc of the(1985).aciaAon against him. ;md 10 lwe P copy thereof.He shall no1 be compelled to give evidence againsthimself. Hc sltall haw the right ofbeing hemd byhimself, or counselor both; shall be confronted withthe witnesses against him, and shall have conipulsoryprocess for obtaining witnesses in his favor. Noperson shall bc held to answer for a felony unless onindiclnlenl of a grand jury.[Acts 1965,591h Leg., p. 317, ch. 722, $1, off. Ian.1, 1966.1APPENDIX B$19. Deprivation of life, liberty, ete.: due coursenf lawcourse of the law of the land.Art. 1.04. Due Course of LawNo citizen of this State shall he denied of life,liheny, property, privileges or immunities, or in anymanner disfranchised, exoepl by the due course ofthc law of the land.[~ets 1965,591h Leg.,p. 317, ch. 722, $1, cff. Jan.1, 1966.1In pertinent part, the Fourteenth Amendmentprovides:"No State shall. . .deprive any person of life, hbenyor property, wrthout due process af law.. . ." WFebruary 1987 1 VOICE for the Defense 39