Gilberto Antonio Guillen-Hernandez v. State

• Court: Court of Appeals of Texas
• Decided: May 9, 2019
• Docket: 01-18-00461-CR
• Status: Published

Opinion

COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIRST DISTRICT OF TEXAS AT HOUSTON

ORDER ON MOTION

Cause number: 01-18-00461-CR Style: Gilberto Antonio Guillen-Hernandez v. The State of Texas Date motion filed*: May 2, 2019 Type of motion: Motion for Pro Se Access to the Records and Briefs Party filing motion: Pro Se Appellant Gilberto Antonio Guillen-Hernandez Document to be filed: N/A

Ordered that motion is:  Granted  Denied  Dismissed (e.g., want of jurisdiction, moot)  Other: _____________________________________ On December 18, 2018, appellant’s appointed counsel timely filed appellant’s brief on the merits and has not sought to withdraw from representing appellant, and the State’s. appellee’s brief was filed on April 5, 2019. See TEX. R. APP.P. 6.5. Accordingly, appellant’s motion for pro se access to the records and briefs is dismissed as moot because he is currently represented by counsel and is not entitled to hybrid representation. See Ex parte Taylor, 36 S.W.3d 883, 887 (Tex. Crim. App. 2001) (stating “[a]ppellants are not allowed to have hybrid representation” and appellant did not have right to file documents with appellate court while represented by counsel). Appellant’s appointed counsel, James Rivera, is directed to contact his client regarding this motion.

Judge’s signature: ___/s/ Justice Laura C. Higley______ x Acting individually Acting for the Court

Date: __May 9, 2019___