Otis Don Trotter v. the State of Texas ( 2021 )

In the
Court of Appeals
Second Appellate District of Texas
at Fort Worth
Nos. 02-20-00048-CR
02-20-00049-CR
OTIS DON TROTTER, Appellant
V.
THE STATE OF TEXAS
On Appeal from the 372nd District Court
Tarrant County, Texas
Trial Court No. 1546892D, 1546894D
ORDER
Karen B. Martinez, official court reporter for the 372nd District Court,
certified to this court that she was unable to convert State’s Exhibit No. 39 into a
format and/or size compatible with the requirements of the TAMES records
submission portal (RSP) because the exhibit is “too large to be uploaded under the
TAMES required file size.”
This court subsequently ordered the trial court clerk to deliver the original
State’s Exhibit 39 (DVD – Full Body Cam Video - Lance) from trial court case
numbers 1546892D and 1546894D. Upon receipt of this exhibit, the court reviewed
it and observed that the DVD contains a video file in .mp4 format, which is a
compatible format supported by VLC media player (VideoLAN Organization) and
Windows media player (Microsoft). See Jud. Comm. on Info. Tech., Technology
Standards § 3.2.C (Version 6.5 Oct. 2019), https://www.txcourts.gov/media/
1435816/technology-standards.pdf. Furthermore, the file size of the video does not
exceed the two-gigabyte file-size limit of the TAMES RSP. Off. of Ct. Admin.,
TAMES Records Submission Portal (RSP) User Guide 5 (Version 3 Aug. 1, 2013),
https://rsp.txcourts.gov/training/TAMES-RSP-User-Guide.pdf. Therefore, in its
present format, State’s Exhibit No. 39 can be submitted electronically in compliance
with the requirements of the Rules of Appellate Procedure, the Uniform Format
Manual, and the TAMES portal.
Accordingly, we return the original State’s Exhibit No. 39 to the trial court
clerk and order court reporter Karen B. Martinez to upload the exhibit to the TAMES
portal in compliance with the applicable rules no later than Tuesday, July 6, 2021.
We direct the clerk of this court to send a notice of this order to court reporter
Karen B. Martinez, the attorneys of record, the trial court judge, and the trial court
clerk.
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Dated June 24, 2021.
Per Curiam
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