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CAUSE NO. 1997-c-
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THE STATE OF TEXAS § INTHE 123rd JUDICIAL! ' .
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Bernhardt Tiede, II § | PANOLA COUNTY, TEXAS
MOTION TO RECUSE AND APPOINT CRIMINAL DISTRICT ATTORNEY.
PRO TEM
‘Now comes DANNY BUCK DAVIDSON, the duly elected Criminal Distri
Attomey for Panola County, Texas, and makes this his Motion to Recuse himself and
any other Criminal District Attorney of Panola County, Texas as the Attorney for the
State in this cause and in support thereof would show the Court the following:
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Pursuant to Article 2.07 (b-1) of the Texas Code of Criminal Procedure, and due
to the fact that I have become, through no fault of my own, a witness in the case, T can
‘not remain the prosecutor for the above entitled cause. Therefore, justice would be better
served if the Criminal District Attomey and ll Assistant Criminal District Attomeys of
Panola County, Texas were recused and the appointment of a special prosecutor be made.
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The undersigned Criminal District Attomey has contacted the Chief of the
Criminal Prosecutions ision of the Texas Attorney General’s Office, Adrienne
McFarland, and she has agreed for her or a qualified attomey in her division to serve as
Criminal Di
ict Attorney Pro Tem in all matters involving the Defendant.NOW THEREFORE, for the above good cause shown, the said Danny Buck
Davidson, Criminal District Attorney respectfully prays this Court to recuse him and any
other Assistant Criminal District Attorney for Panola County, Texas as the attomey for
the State in this cause, and further that Assistant Texas Attomey General Adrienne
McFarland, or any other Assistant Attorney General designated by the Attomey
General’s Office, be appointed Criminal District Attomey Pro Tem for all matters
regarding the above entitled and numbered cause.
Respectfully submitted,
Danny Bi ay Davidson
Criminal District Attorney
Panola County, Texas