Discovery
All discovery for criminal cases for the 97th District Attorney’s Office is provided through the linked portal or via email. Once your account has been created by the District Attorney’s Office, you will be sent a link that will allow you to access all felony criminal cases for which you are the attorney of record in the 97th District Court. The District Attorney’s Office will not have access to your password, so please retain that information for your records.
Upon initial log in, there are some parts of our database that you will be denied access to. The system is functioning properly even if you are not able to access those searches. You are only allowed to view the folders of cases in which you are the attorney of record in the 97th District Court.
Your account will grant you access to a “Brady Information for Defense Attorneys.” You will be able to view all folders inside that drawer and all documents uploaded into each folder. All generic non-case specific Brady notices will be placed inside this folder. Please take the time to review everything uploaded in this drawer as it will not be uploaded into a specific case.
You will be required to comply with all legal and ethical obligations imposed by the Code of Criminal Procedure, the Rules of Professional Conduct, federal law, and any other provisions relevant to handling the information provided. Should criminal history be part of your accessible documents, they are not to be printed or provided to defendants or any other persons.
Please also be aware that by federal and state law some types of discovery cannot be disseminated. Any items that the District Attorney’s Office cannot upload will be listed in another folder titled “Available for Review in DA’s Office.” You may make an appointment with the District Attorney’s Office to review all items that cannot be uploaded, and you are welcome to view those items at your convenience in our office or to obtain a digital copy if that is possible and allowed under the law. It is your obligation to check the document entitled “Available for Review in DA’s Office” regularly to see what additional discovery has not been uploaded.
Discovery request can be sent directly to Brandi Shipman at vac@97thdistrictcourt.com or Jackie Welsh at jackie@97thdistrictcourt.com