Volume 6

1 IN THE CRIMINAL DISTRICT COURT NO. 3
2 DALLAS COUNTY, TEXAS
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6 THE STATE OF TEXAS }
7 VS: } NO. F-96-39972-J
8 DARLIE LYNN ROUTIER } & F-96-39973-J 9
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13 STATEMENT OF FACTS
14 MOTION HEARING
15 TO HOLD DEFENDANT WITHOUT BOND
16 VOL. 6 OF VOLS.
17 August 28, 1996
18 Wednesday
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1 C A P T I O N
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4 BE IT REMEMBERED THAT, on Wednesday, the 28th day of
5 August, 1996, in the Criminal District Court Number 3 of
6 Dallas County, Texas, the above-styled cause came on for a
7 hearing before the Hon. Paul Banner, Judge Presiding, and
8 sitting for the Hon. Mark Tolle, Judge of the Criminal
9 District Court No. 3, of Dallas County, Texas, without a
10 jury, and the proceedings were held, in open court, as
11 follows:
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1 A P P E A R A N C E S
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4 HON. JOHN VANCE,
5 Criminal District Attorney
6 Dallas County, Texas
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8 BY: HON. GREG DAVIS
9 Assistant District Attorney
10 Dallas County, Texas
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12 AND:
13 HON. DON DAVIS
14 Assistant District Attorney
15 Dallas County, Texas
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17 AND:
18 HON. SHERRI WALLACE
19 Assistant District Attorney
20 Dallas County, Texas
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22 APPEARING FOR THE STATE OF TEXAS
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2 ADDITIONAL APPEARANCES:
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4 HON. DOUGLAS PARKS
5 Attorney at Law
6 Dallas County, Texas
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8 AND:
9 HON. WAYNE HUFF
10 Attorney at Law
11 Dallas County, Texas
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13 Appearing for the Defendant
14 For the purpose of the trial
15 AND:
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17 HON. BLAKE WITHROW
18 Attorney at Law
19 Dallas County, Texas
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21 APPEARING FOR THE DEFENDANT
22 for the purpose of the appeal
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1 P R O C E E D I N G S
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3 August 28th, 1996
4 Wednesday
5 9:30 a.m.
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7 (Whereupon, the following
8 proceedings were held in
9 Open court, in the presence
10 And hearing of the
11 Defendant, being
12 represented by her attorneys
13 and the representatives of
14 The State of Texas, but
15 without the presence of a
16 jury, as follows:)
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18 THE COURT: All right: F-96-39972, and
19 973, styled the State of Texas versus Darlie Lynn Routier.
20 The State's motion to deny bail is
21 granted. If you will get me an order, I'll sign it.
22 MR. DON DAVIS: May I approach the
23 bench, your Honor?
24 THE COURT: Yes, sir.
25 MR. DON DAVIS: All right. I just

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1 happen to have one handy.
2 THE COURT: All right. Thank you. I
3 will read over this and sign it. Thank you, gentlemen, 4 for coming back today for my ruling.
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6 (Whereupon, this concluded
7 the proceedings held on,
8 this day, and the proceedings.
9 were recessed for the day.)
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1 STATE'S EXHIBIT A
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6 (Death certificate for Damon Routier.)
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1 STATE'S EXHIBIT B
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1 STATE'S EXHIBIT C
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1 STATE'S EXHIBIT D
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1 STATE'S EXHIBIT 1
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1 STATE'S NO. 2
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1 STATE'S NO. 3
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1 STATE'S EXHIBIT NO. 4
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1 STATE'S EXHIBIT NO. 8
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1 STATE'S NO. 9
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1 STATE'S NO. 10
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1 STATE'S NO. 11
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1 STATE'S NO. 12
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1 STATE'S NO. 13
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1 STATE'S NO. 14
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1 STATE'S NO. 21
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1 STATE'S NUMBER 23
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1 STATE'S EXHIBIT NO. 24
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1 STATE'S NO. 25
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1 STATE'S NO. 27
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1 DEFENSE NO. 1
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Sandra M. Halsey, CSR, Official Court Reporter 486

1 DEFENSE NO. 2
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Sandra M. Halsey, CSR, Official Court Reporter 487

1 DEFENSE NO. 3
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Sandra M. Halsey, CSR, Official Court Reporter 488

1 DEFENSE NO. 4
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1 DEFENSE NO. 5
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1 DEFENSE NO. 6
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1 DEFENSE NO. 7
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1 DEFENSE NO. 8
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1 DEFENSE NO. 9
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Sandra M. Halsey, CSR, Official Court Reporter 494

1 DEFENSE NO. 10
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1 DEFENSE NO. 11
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1 DEFENSE NO. 12
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1 DEFENSE NO. 13
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Sandra M. Halsey, CSR, Official Court Reporter 498

1 DEFENSE NO. 14
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Sandra M. Halsey, CSR, Official Court Reporter 499

1 DEFENSE NO. 15
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1 CERTIFICATION PAGE
2 THE STATE OF TEXAS )
3 THE COUNTY OF DALLAS )
4 I, Sandra M. Halsey, Official Court Reporter of
5 Criminal District Court Number 3, of Dallas County, Texas,
6 do hereby certify that I reported in Stenograph notes the
7 foregoing proceedings, and that they have been edited by
8 me, or under my direction and the foregoing transcript
9 contains a full, true, complete and accurate transcript of
10 the proceedings held in this matter, to the best of my
11 knowledge.
12 I further certify that this transcript of the
13 proceedings truly and correctly reflects the exhibits, if
14 any, offered by the respective parties.
15 SUBSCRIBED AND SWORN TO, this _____ day of
16 ___________, 1996.
17 __________________________________
18 Sandra M. Day Halsey, CSR
19 Official Court Reporter
20 Criminal District Court No. 3
21 Dallas County, Texas
22 Phone, (214) 653-5923
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24 Cert. No. 308
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1 STATE OF TEXAS )
2 COUNTY OF DALLAS)
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4 JUDGES CERTIFICATE
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8 The above and foregoing transcript, as certified by
9 the Official Court Reporter, having been presented to me,
10 has been examined and is approved as a true and correct
11 transcript of the proceedings had in the foregoing styled
12 cause, and aforementioned cause number of this case.
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20 PAUL BANNER, JUDGE PRESIDING
21 Criminal District Court Number 3
22 Dallas County, Texas
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