IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS
OF TEXAS

ORDER ADOPTING THE UNIFORM FORMAT MANUAL
FOR THE TEXAS COURT REPORTERS AND AMENDING
COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS ORDER DIRECTING THE
FORM OF THE APPELLATE RECORD IN CRIMINAL CASES

Effective May 1, 1999

IT IS ORDERED THAT:

Section B of the Court of Criminal Appeals Order Directing the Form of the Appellate Record in Criminal Cases, Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure, Appendix, is amended to read as follows, effective May 1, 1999:

(1) The court reporter must prepare and file the reporter's record in accordance with Rules 34.6 and 35 and the Uniform Format Manual for Texas Court Reporters. Even if more than one notice of appeal or request for preparation of the record is filed, the reporter should prepare only one record in a case.

(2) In the event of a flagrant violation of this Order in the preparation of a reporter's record, on motion of a party or on the court's own initiative, the appellate court may require the court reporter, to amend the reporter's record or to prepare a new reporter's record in proper form--and provide it to any party who has previously made a copy of the original, defective reporter's record--at the reporter's expense. Failure of a reporter to comply with the requirements of the Uniform Format Manual for Texas Court Reporters is also subject to discipline by the Court Reporter's Certification Board.

BE IT FURTHER ORDERED that the Clerk of this Court shall file with the Secretary of the State of Texas, for and in behalf of this Court, a duplicate original copy of this Order and the Clerk shall cause the order to be published in the Texas Register and the Texas Bar Journal.

BE IT FURTHER ORDERED that this amendment becomes effective May 1, 1999 and remains in effect unless and until disapproved, modified or changed by the Legislature or unless and until supplemented or amended by this Court.

BE IT FURTHER ORDERED that this order shall be recorded in the Minutes of this Court, and that the original of this order signed by the members of this Court shall be preserved by the Clerk of this Court as permanent records of this Court.

SIGNED AND ENTERED IN DUPLICATE ORIGINALS this the ________ day of April, 1999.

MICHAEL J. McCORMICK, PRESIDING JUDGE

LAWRENCE E. MEYERS, JUDGE

STEPHEN W. MANSFIELD, JUDGE

SHARON F. KELLER, JUDGE

TOM PRICE, JUDGE

SUE HOLLAND, JUDGE

PAUL WOMACK, JUDGE

CHERYL A. JOHNSON, JUDGE

MIKE E. KEASLER, JUDGE