Benny Joseph Walker v. State

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SHERRY RADACK CHRISTOPHER A. PRINE CHIEF JUSTICE CLERK OF THE COURT

TERRY JENNINGS JANET WILLIAMS EVELYN KEYES CHIEF STAFF ATTORNEY LAURA CARTER HIGLEY JANE BLAND MICHAEL MASSENGALE Court of Appeals PHONE: 713-274-2700 FAX: 713-755-8131 HARVEY BROWN REBECA HUDDLE First District www.txcourts.gov/1stcoa.aspx RUSSELL LLOYD 301 Fannin Street JUSTICES Houston, Texas 77002-2066

January 21, 2015

Benny Joseph Walker Forrest L. Sanderson III #01877490 TDCJ 807 Pecan St Allred Unit Bastrop, TX 78602 2110 F.M. 369 North * DELIVERED VIA E-MAIL * Iowa Park, TX 76367

RE: Court of Appeals Number: 01-13-00739-CR, 01-13-00740-CR, 01-13-00741-CR 01-13-00742-CR Trial Court Case Number: 16407, 16408, 16409, 16410

Style: Benny Joseph Walker v. The State of Texas

This is to acknowledge your communication received January 16, 2016, with reference to your direct appeal. Please be advised that the current status of your appeal is:

1. Has been filed but has not yet been decided. 2. This Court has no jurisdiction to compel the trial court to provide you with free copies of any of your trial court records. This Court does not provide free copies of any documents without prepayment of costs. 3. Appellant’s counsel shall represent the appellant until “appeals are exhausted, or the attorney is relieved of his duties by the court.” TEX. CODE CRIM. P. art. 26.04(j)(2). Our mandate has not issued. Accordingly, appellant is still represented by court appointed counsel on appeal. Appellant is not entitled to “hybrid representation.” See, e.g., Robinson v. State, 240 S.W.3d 919, 922 (Tex. Crim. App. 2007). Pro se motions/correspondence filed by appellant will be forwarded to the attorney of record. Appellant’s counsel is ordered, to the extent he may not have already done so, to satisfy his certification obligation pursuant to TEX. R. APP. P. 48.4.

Very truly yours,

Christopher A. Prine Clerk of the Court

cc: Julie Renken (DELIVERED VIA E-MAIL)