Forrest C. Beadle

Requested that county commissioners accept a $330,000 state grant awarded to the veterans treatment court. The grant covered screening, mental-health evaluations, counseling, monitoring and training. It required no county matching funds.

July 8, 2025Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties

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Helped create Denton County's veterans treatment court as a prosecutor and later presided over it as a judge. The program combined treatment, sobriety monitoring and peer support, with dismissal of qualifying charges after successful completion. By November 2021, it had 150 graduates.

November 24, 2021Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties

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Signed a county plan for appointing lawyers to misdemeanor defendants who could not afford counsel. It set lawyer qualifications, a rotating appointment process, payment rules and a way to challenge denied fees.

October 22, 2025

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Submitted written comments opposing Texas House Bill 153 to the House Corrections Committee. He opposed removing prosecutors' approval authority over admission to veterans treatment courts and requiring them to justify denials. He argued that prosecutors screened cases and protected victims.

April 2, 2025

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Signed county court rules requiring public access, in some format, to court records, including electronically filed documents, without a viewing charge. The rules preserved restrictions on confidential records and allowed charges for copies.

February 27, 2025

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Signed a policy protecting internal court drafts, deliberations and sealed records from unauthorized disclosure. Staff had to report accidental disclosures. The policy allowed disclosure needed to report misconduct or illegal acts to the proper authorities.

February 27, 2025

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Signed an order returning cash bail deposits after a person's criminal records were cleared. Administrative fees were deducted. Unclaimed funds went to the state comptroller.

February 10, 2025

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Signed rules appointing part-time jail magistrates to handle bail, legal representation and emergency protection. The rules also authorized mental-health treatment and release for extraordinary medical conditions.

January 16, 2024

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Voted to approve state juvenile-justice aid for 2024 and 2025 and to use part of it to fund an intake probation-officer position left out of the proposed county budget. The Juvenile Board approved the measure unanimously.

August 10, 2023

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Signed an order requiring arrest warrants when defendants missed court and the judge filed a signed certificate of that absence. The clerk issued the warrant unless an active warrant already existed.

February 22, 2023

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Joined county judges in issuing COVID-19 court guidelines that postponed jury trials and most in-person proceedings. Essential matters continued, with remote hearings where possible.

March 25, 2020

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Joined county judges in adopting procedures that gave the magistrate court authority over bail and bond conditions before formal criminal charges were filed. The order required records about custody, risk assessments and mental-health evaluations, and transferred authority to the assigned trial court once charges were filed.

January 1, 2020

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Waived a $6,000 drunk-driving fine after finding that Jalen Neal could not afford it. The appeals court upheld his probation-revocation order and required the clerk to remove that fine and a premature $15 payment fee from the bill of costs.

June 2, 2026Favorable on Legal Competence

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As a prosecutor, admitted at a court hearing that he knew before Silvano Uriostegui's 2012 guilty plea that the victim had not seen her attacker's face, but told no one. The judge found prosecutors purposely withheld this evidence, let Uriostegui withdraw his plea, barred a retrial, and banned Beadle and the lead prosecutor from the courtroom.

December 17, 2015

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