Court Opinion

ID: 9679950
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-24 07:13:46.65367+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T13:14:50.010798
License: Public Domain

Concurring Opinion by
Justice GRANT.
I concur. I would also like to point out that Rule 75a of the Rules of Civil Procedure requires the court reporter to file with the clerk of the court all exhibits which were admitted in evidence or tendered on bills of exception in the course of any hearing, proceeding, or trial. Tex.R. Crv. P. 75a.
Furthermore, Rule 34.6 of the Rules of Appellate Procedure provides that the court reporter may request the trial court clerk to provide the original exhibits to the reporter for use in preparing the reporter’s record. Tex.R.App. P. 34.6. However, unless ordered to provide the original exhibits in the original record, the court reporter must return the original exhibits to the clerk after copying them for inclusion in the reporter’s record.
These rules were designed to protect the exhibits as well as the record of the court proceeding in which these exhibits were introduced. The better procedure would be to preserve the original of these records as required by the rules.