Garrison, Curtis Allen

• Court: Texas Supreme Court
• Decided: August 5, 2015
• Docket: PD-0994-15
• Status: Published

Opinion

PD NO. fP-oWWf IN THE TEXAS COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS

CITY OF AUSTIN, TRAVIS COUNTY

THIRTEENTH COURT OF APPEALS

CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI/ NUECES COUNTY

NO. 13-14-00372-CR

163RD JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT

CITY OF VIDOR, ORANGE COUNTY

TRIAL COURT NO. B-130-137-R

CURTIS ALLEN GARRISON, APPELLANT PRO SE,

VS.

STATE OF TEXAS

APPELLEE. WO520K • "^ *cos?a, Clerk

APPELLANT'S PRO SE MOTION TO SUSPEND THE RULES TRAPP. RULE 2

TO:THE HONORABLE JUSTICES OF THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS:

INTO COURT COMES, Curtis Allen Garrison, Appellant pro se,

and pursuant to TRApp. Proc. Rule 2, asks the Court to suspend the rule requiring petitioner's for discretionary review to provide the Court, with fifteen copies of pro se petitions asking the Court, to exercise its discretion and review the Thirteenth

Court of Appeals, opinion affirming his conviction out of Orange County, in the 163rd Judicial District Court, and his LIFE

sentence for the offense of capital murder. In support of his

request to the Court, Appellant would respectfully show the

Court, the following below:

I.

APPELLANT'S CONFINEMENT AT MAXIMUM SECURITY PRISON

Upon his conviction and sentence, Appellant was taken into

custody and transfered to the Texas Department of Criminal Justice,

at the Correctional Institutional Division, (TDCJ-CID) and has

been assigned to the maximum security, French M. Robertson Unit,

in Jones County, Abilene, Texas. Appellant has limited access

and restricted availability, to legal research tools in the

prison's law library, and the TDCJ-CID 'does not' provide any

copying service for court documents, to inmate litigants, and

Orange County, has not provided appointed counsel to continue

representing Appellant, through this additional litigation

provided by the State, to exhaust state court remedies of lower

court decisions for criminal appeals. Additionally, Appellant

is not paid any wage for any prison labor he may perform, and

Texas does not allow Appellant to handle any cash or own and

operate any revenue earning business, without prison officials's

permission. Prison officials, have not granted Appellant any

authorization, to own or operate a business while confined.

II. PRAYER AND CONCLUSION

For all the reasons stated above/ Appellant respectfully

prays, and request that this honorable Court of Criminal Appeals,

pursuant to Rule 2, will suspend the rule requiring Appellant

to submit fifteen copies of the petition for discretionary review,

GARRISON MFRS: PAGE 2 and further request that the Court/ suspend the rule that requires Appellant to provide fifteen copies of the Court of Appeals opinion issued on July 16/ 2015/ from Corpus Christi/ Texas.

Date: %~ I 2015 Respectfully submitted,

Curtis Allen Garrison Appellant Pro Se #1926723, Robertson Unit 12071 F.M. 3522 Abilene, Texas 79601-8799

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I, Curtis Allen Garrison, do hereby certify that a true and correct copy, of the foregoing Motion For Suspension Of The Rules/ Rule 2, TRAPP.P. has been served on the State/ by U.S. Mail/ first class postage paid in advance/ addressed to the below/ on this j day of AU? > 2015: Mr. John D. Kimbrough Criminal District Attorney Orange County District Attorney's Office 801 Division Orange/ Texas 77630

Curtis Allen Garrison

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