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· 6/21/2024

BARTLETT-MCNAMARA v. PRETIUM PARTNERS, LLC, PROGRESS RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY MANAGER, LLC

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  • noting that “it seems clear” that the TDCJID was authorized to keep records of judgment and sentence in the “pen packet” for a prisoner is custody
  • stating the TDCJID is authorized to keep inmates’ judgment and sentencing records under rule 901, because the TDCJID relies on these records as its basis for admitting prisoners and keeping them in custody
  • finding pen packet was sufficiently authenticated and admissible under Rule 901 and 902(4
  • Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Institutional Division record clerk's certification of pen-packet copies of the judgment and sentence now constitutes proper authentication
  • “[T]he TDCJID record clerk’s certification of the pen packet copies of the judgment and sentence constitutes sufficient extrinsic evidence [under Rule 901] that the copies are authentic.”
  • certified copies of judgments contained in pen packets qualified as self-authenticating under Rule 902(4)

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