United States District Court

EASTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS

SHERMAN DIVISION

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

versus

WILLIAM MCKINNLEY GARLAND

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CRIMINAL ACTION NO. 4:23-CR-268

PRE-TRIAL ORDER

This case is set for Pre-Trial Conference on February 5, 2024, at 9:00 a.m.

in Courtroom #105, United States Courthouse, 7940 Preston Road, Plano, Texas, at which time the

case will either proceed to Jury Selection and Trial, or a date will be set for Jury Selection and

Trial.

The following deadlines shall apply in this case.

January 2, 2024 Any motion to suppress evidence shall be filed with the court.

January 16, 2024 Any motion for continuance shall be filed with the court.

January 26, 2024 Counsel for the Government shall deliver to counsel for

Defendant(s) proposed jury instructions.

January 16, 2024

By 4:00 PM

Notification of a plea agreement shall be by email, hand delivery

or fax of a signed copy of the plea agreement and factual basis for

the plea. Notification that the case will proceed to trial may be by

email or telephone. After this deadline, no plea agreement will

be honored by the court, and Defendant may not receive a

points reduction for acceptance of responsibility.

January 29, 2024 If the parties do not notify the Court of a plea agreement as

provided above, defense counsel shall deliver to counsel for the

Government any additional jury instructions desired by

Defendant(s). If two or more Defendants are represented by

separate counsel, their submission must be made jointly.

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January 29, 2024 Counsel for Defendant(s) and counsel for the Government shall

confer to determine which jury instructions can be agreed upon.

January 29, 2024

January 29, 2024

Parties shall file any motions in limine and any other pretrial

motions.

Counsel for the Government and counsel for the Defendant(s) shall:

A. Jointly file agreed upon instructions;

B. Each file any proposed instructions that were not agreed upon, citing the authority

for each instruction. (Any party seeking to file proposed jury instructions after the

deadline may do so only with leave of Court.);

C. Each file any objections to the other s proposed jury instructions. Objections must

be written, specific, cite authority, and include any alternate instructions counsel

deem more appropriate;

D. Each file proposed voir dire questions;

E. If counsel believes that a written response to a particular motion in limine is

needed, file it as soon as possible;

F. Each file a list of witnesses and a list of exhibits anticipated to be introduced

during trial. Each provide the court a copy of each marked exhibit. All exhibits to

be used for trial shall be pre-marked numerically and in succession. (Groups of

exhibits pertaining to the same subject matter, such as photos of same scene, may,

at counsel s discretion be numbered and lettered, i.e., 2a, 2b, 2c, etc.) Counsel

shall provide the Court the original and two (2) copies of each list and marked

exhibit.

So ORDERED and SIGNED this 21st day of December, 2023.

KIMBERLY C. PRIESf JOHNSON

UNITED STATES MA ISTRATE JUDGE

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