The Harris County District Courts Trying Criminal Cases are currently accepting applications through pm on Tuesday, November 5th, 2024. Welcome to our county's first-ever Managed Assigned Counsel (MAC) Program!We are honored, humbled, and hopeful for the opportunity to serve you. Downloadable Forms for the Harris County Criminal Courts (requires Adobe Acrobat Reader) x Attorney's Fees and Expense Claim for Per Diem Appointment The following forms are available for downloading, printing and completing. The Felony Courts agree that appointed counsel cannot be denied solely because a defendant has been released on bail. Has any trial or appellate court found that you rendered ineffective assistance of counsel? This report found Harris County had successfully addressed all four recommendations from the 2016 report. The Judges of the District Courts Trying Criminal Cases adopt the following plan as the alternative plan for appointing counsel for indigent defendants. Shall instruct pre-trial services to assist the defendant in filling out the indigcncy information fonns and request for appointed counsel.