Anthony Scott White v. the State of Texas

Opinion

In the

Court of Appeals

Sixth Appellate District of Texas at Texarkana

No. 06-23-00094-CR

ANTHONY SCOTT WHITE, Appellant V.

THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee

On Appeal from the 202nd District Court Bowie County, Texas

Trial Court No. 22F0163-202

Before Stevens, C.J., van Cleef and Rambin, JJ.

Memorandum Opinion by Chief Justice Stevens

MEMORANDUM OPINION

A Bowie County jury found Anthony Scott White guilty of two counts of abandoning or endangering a child and assessed a sentence of two years’ imprisonment for each conviction. On appeal, White argues that the trial court erred by not permitting him to represent himself at trial and by failing to rule on his second pro se recusal motion.1 We addressed White’s complaints in detail in our opinion in cause number 06-23-00092-

CR. For the reasons discussed in that opinion, we find, here, that the trial court (1) did not abuse its discretion by deciding that White was unable to represent himself and (2) was not required to rule on White’s second pro se recusal motion because White was not entitled to hybrid representation.

We affirm the trial court’s judgment.

Scott E. Stevens

Chief Justice

Date Submitted: November 20, 2023 Date Decided: December 6, 2023

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1 In companion case 06-23-00092-CR, White appeals his conviction for injury to a child. In companion cases 06-23- 00093-CR and 06-23-00095-CR, White appeals additional convictions for abandoning or endangering a child. In companion cases 06-23-00096-CR and 06-23-00097-CR, White appeals convictions for criminal mischief.