Barry S. Green at a glance
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Barry S. Green
Municipal Judge · Decatur Municipal Court
Biography
Professional career
- The presiding judge of the Municipal Court in Decatur, Wise County, Texas, and a long‐time Wise County criminal defense attorney and former elected district attorney
- Reasoning: The missing prosecutorial consent meant the court improperly barred further prosecution without legal authority, and the judge failed to follow statutory requirements
Education
Additional information
- On August 25, 2026, the Texas State Commission on Judicial Conduct publicly admonished Judge Green for conduct during an April 8, 2025 Zoom “amnesty docket” in Decatur
- For defendants with multiple unresolved cases, Green accepted a guilty plea to one charge and treated the others as “pled in bar” under Texas Penal Code.12.45(a) — a process that bars later prosecution for those offenses only with the prosecutor’s consent
- His recent public admonition stems from a procedural violation during a special amnesty docket, where he allowed certain charges to be resolved without the legally required prosecutor’s consent
Applicable Court Rules & Procedures
Remote appearances
Statewide
For the specific fine-and-cost hearings governed by Articles 45A.258 and 45A.259, a justice or municipal judge may allow a defendant to appear by telephone or videoconference when an in-person appearance would impose undue hardship.
If the justice or judge determines that requiring a defendant to appear before the justice or judge in person for a hearing under Article 45A.258 or 45A.259 would impose an undue hardship on the defendant, the justice or judge may allow the defendant to appear by telephone or videoconference.Texas Code of Criminal Procedure Article 45A.260, Appearance by Telephone or Videoconference ↗
Published courtroom rules
Shared court rules
Texas Code of Criminal Procedure Article 45A.260, Appearance by Telephone or Videoconference
Decatur Municipal Court
Scope is limited to the court class in the source claim. Shared court context only; case-type restrictions, exceptions, later amendments and case orders apply. This is not a personal preference or a complete rules inventory.
Official source ↗ · Collected 2026-07-26Texas Code of Criminal Procedure Article 45A.260, Appearance by Telephone or Videoconference
Decatur Municipal Court
Scope is limited to the court class in the source claim. Shared court context only; case-type restrictions, exceptions, later amendments and case orders apply. This is not a personal preference or a complete rules inventory.
Official source ↗ · Collected 2026-07-26Sources
Identity source checked July 27, 2026.
Biography sources checked July 27, 2026.
Texas Office of Court Administration official judicial roster
Identity source · HTML · Source checked July 27, 2026
View Texas Office of Court Administration official judicial roster ↗Texas Code of Criminal Procedure Article 45A.260, Appearance by Telephone or Videoconference
Statewide source · PDF · Source checked July 26, 2026
View Texas Code of Criminal Procedure Article 45A.260, Appearance by Telephone or Videoconference ↗