The Bexar County “system” has apparently abandoned a years-long attempt to get misdemeanor defendants to court quickly by setting their first appearance within seven days of arrest.  Years ago, misdemeanor arrest cases were set thirty days from arrest, which seemed to work fairly well. The misguided attempt to move up the settings to seven days resulting in many resets, simply because the arrest report and other required paperwork would not migrate from the police department to the District Attorney’s office fast enough to arrive in court on the seventh day.  Preliminary experience with the new (old) deadlines indicates that the District Attorney will extend the deadline to plead to obstruction of a highway to the first setting, even if it occurs after the announced thirty day deadline.