Atkins, Willie James

CourtCourt of Appeals of Texas
DecidedJuly 17, 2015
DocketWR-74,886-02
StatusPublished

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July 10, 2.015 This document contains som® pages that are oi p~oll' lQIUJJa.i~ Louise Pearson, Clerk at the time of imm9)m~. Court Of Criminal Appeals of Texas P.O. BOX 12308 Capitol Station Austin, Texas 78711

REF: WILLIE JAMES ATKINS, TDCJ No. 1441701 - Writ Of Habeas Corpus No. WR-74,886-01 - Trial Court Cause No. W06-00566-X(A) - Dallas County CR Dist No. 6

Dear Mrs Pearson,

GREETINGS:

Please find enclosed the ORIGINAL for Court, and a one (1)

page copy for Applicant/Relator of PLAINTIFF'S THIRD APPLICATION

FOR WRIT OF MANDAMUSj with Attached APPENDIX (pages 01-52).

Will you please file the ORIGINAL withcthe court, and FILE-

MARK/ DATE STAMP Applicant/ Relator one (1) page copy and return

in the enclosed S.A.S.E. for my records.

Your assistance in this matter is greatly appreciated.

submitted,

77705 f?JECE~VED ~N ©OORT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS JUL 17 2015 Afl»®~AC€»~a, Cl®rk COURT

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF TEXAS COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS No. WR-74,886-01

Original Proceeding from the Criminal Dist~ict Court No. 6 Dallas County, Texas Trial Court Cause No. W06-00566-X(A) ---·--·-------------··-·--------------···--······-···-··--------·---·-------·----····--·----··----·-----·--·- ---

WILLIE ATKINS 7 TDCJ No. 1441701 EX PARTE

A. PLAINTIFF'S .:THIRD APPLICATION FOR WRIT OF MANDAMUS

TO THE HONORABLE JUDGES OF SAID COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS: COMES NOW, WILLIE JAMES ATKINS, EX PARTE, Pro Se, in the above entitled and numbered cause, Ptirsuant to TEX.GOV'T Code Ann.§22.221- (a)(b) and T.C.C.P. Art. 11.07, Sections 3(d) and 7~ and would respectfully show the following: B. RELATOR EX PARTE 1.01 \-lillie James Atkins, TDCJ #1441701 is an offender incarcerated in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ), filing this THIRD application pro se, who can be located at t1ark W. Stiles Unit - 3060 FM 3514 - Beaumont, Jefferson County, Texas 77705. C. CASE liiS'IDRY

2.01 On March 1, 2010, Applicant filed an ORIGINAL APPLICATION FOR Article 11.07 Writ Of Habeas Corpus, No. 74,886-01. 2.02 On April 6, 2010, convicting court decided that there were controverted, previously unresolved facts which are material to the legality of the applicant's confinement, and thereby signed "ORDER DESIGNATING ISSUES," appointing Catherine Bernhard as state's attorney to resolve the issues and prepare FINDINGS OF FACT and CONCLUSION OF LAW for the Court, pursuant to T.C.C.P. Art. 11.07, Sec. 3(d). 2.03 FURTHER STATING: The above named attorney does not represent the applicant. Applicant is not entitled to counsel at this time. No ORDERS were issued by the convicting court to provide applicant a copy of said findings. 2.04 Applicant's Original Application for Article 11.07 Writ of Habeas Corpus No. 74,886-01 was denied on 11-10-2010 by Court of Criminal Appeals without written orders based on the findings of the trial court. III.

C. ARTICLE 11.07 TEXAS OODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE

3. 01 T. C. C. P. Article 11.07, Section 7, requires.: ''WHEN TilE ATIDRNEY FOR TilE STATE FILES AN ANSWER·_ MOTION, OR OiliER PLEADING ;.·RELATING TO AN APPLICATION FOR WRIT OF HABEAS COUPUS, TilE CLERK OF TilE COURT SHALL MAIL OR DELIVER TO TilE APPLICANT A COPY OF TilE ANSWER, MOTION; PLEADING or ORDER.'' 3.02 . TO DATE, despite more than fifty (50) documented pages of requests to court clerks, officials, in addi~ion to pleadings with the court, I have never received a copy of the State's FINDINGS OF FACT/ ANSWER, Motion, or Pleading of the Attorney appointed by the State, thus the STATE'S ATTORNEY. (Please SEE APPENDIX). 3.03 Had such documents been mailed or delivered to applicant by clerks, as required by statute, applicant would have received NOTICE from TDCJ Officials, requiring a RECORD of all such Legal C?rrespondence. .~o such record exists. 3.04 As is clear from Applicant's "ORIGINAL" and "SECOND" .1\PPLICANTION FOR WRIT OF MANDAMUS, (SEE APPENDIX), that IN TilE INTEREST OF JUSTICE,· Applicant seeks information concerning the activity and findings of Application For Writ of Habeas Corpus No. 74,886-01, attempting to prove claims of ACTUAL INNOCENCE. 2. 3.05 In any effort at FURTHER REDRESS THROUGH THE COURTS, the Applicant has the burden of rebutting the presumption of correctness by CLEAR and CONVINCING EVIDENCE of the convicting court's FINDINGS OF FACTS. (See Richardson -v- Quarterman, 537 F3d 436, 472-73 (5th Cir.2008). A burden made impossible without a copy of the REQUESTED FINDINGS OF FACTS/ ANSvJER. 3.06 Plaintiff contends that Application for Writ of Habeas Corpus 74,886-01 •' was decided on an incomplete record submitted by State's Attorney. 3.07 Evidence in COURT RECORDS will show, State's ORIGINAL and SUPPLEMENTAL RESPONSE to Application For Writ of Habeas Corpus No. 74,886-01, failed to INCLUDE THE DETAILS provided by Applicant in his SUPPLEMENTAL BRIEF TO \\IRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS, WITH PRO SE EXHIBITS. 3.08 Said OMITTED DETA~ and PRO SE EXHIBITS were necessary for the EFFECTIVE, FAIR, and MEANINGFUL RESOLUTION of Article 11.07 Application. (See Coppedge -v- United States, 369 U.S. 438 (1963). 3.09 On December 29, 2014, Applicant received confirmation from Texas State Law Library that Applicant's SUPPLEMENTAL BRIEF TO \-JRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS, with PRO- SE EXHIBITS are indeed on file, and could have been included in the State's Attorney AC~~OWLEDGEMENT/ O~IGINAL RESPONSE/ SUPPLEMENTAL RESPONSE at any time before file was foL-warded to the Court of Criminal Appeals for FINAL JUDGMENT. 3.10 ·IN ADDITION, NEWLY DISCOVERED EVIDENCE FAVORABLE TO THE DEFENSE, WITHHELD BY THE STATE will further support my claims for ACTUAL INI'i!OCENCE, with a need for requested FINDINGS OF FACTS elevated to URGENT-! IV. D. TEXAS GOVERNMENT ffiDE § 22.221. WRIT POWER 4.01 Texas Government Code ~ 22.221 (a) States: Each court of appeals or justice of a court of appeals may ISSUE A WRIT OF MANDAMUS and all other writs

necessary to enforce the jurisdiction of the court.

3. (b) Each court of appeals for a court of appeals district may issue all

writ of mandamus, agreeable to the principles of law regulating those writs, against ,, ·-·,. a: (1) judge of a district or county court in the court of appeals district;

(d) Concurrently with the supreme court, the court of appeals of a court of appeals. 4.02 Court Of Appeals,Fifth District of Texas at Dallas, specifically cited LACK OF JURISDICTION as their SOLE GROilliDS for dismissal of Applicant' SECOND

. h.- ~·JRIT OF MANDAMUS (See APPENDIX); further citing court of C:riminal appeals jurisdiction for complaints related to a post-conviction petition for writ of habeas corpus.

Id at 2. D. PRAYER. FOR RELIEF .,. WHEREFORE PREMISES CONSIDERED, Relator/ Applicant prays for an ORDER directing

clerk for court of criminal appeals or clerk for convicting court, to mail or deliver to the applicant/ RELATOR, a copy of the ANSWER, MOTION, PLEADING AND ORDERS subnitted from the ATIORNEY APPOINTED BY THE STATE to make FIIiDINGS OF FACTS AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW, Mrs. Catherine Bernhard. submitted, on this 10th day of July, 2015,

'ffiE STATE OF TEXAS COUNIY OF JEF'F'ERSON /J, E. UNSWRN DECLARATION

Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. ~ 1746 and ~ 132.001-132.003, Texas Civil Practice & Remedies Code, I declare under penalty of jerjury that the facts and allegations in the above THIRD APPLICATION FOR WRIT OF MPJIDAMUS are true and correu.

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