Its not A NOVEL coNcEPT; coNGRESS BANNED PIcK-A-PAL in FEDERAL coURTs_IN 1968. Every State. except TEXAS has followed suit, with the limited exception of CALIFORNIA, which uses PICKsA-PAL only in smaller counties for HIGH PROFILE CASES. Whitmire7 says ,HE doesn't yet have REPUBLICAN SUPPORT for the Bill, but HE'S "GUARDEDLY OPTIMISTIC" it will win BIPARTISAN BACKING.
REPUBLICAN HARRIS .COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY DEVON ANDERSON, for One has said she'd switch to the RANDOM SYSTEM if she were still A JUDGE.
This issue isn‘t about Politics. Its about FAIRNESS,_pretend that we're
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talking about the Rights of Ordinary American Taxpayers. Imagine the I.R.S. Let A.CITIZEN Panel decide who would be Audited, and the ruling party in WASHI- NGTON currently DEMOCRATES, kept stocking that panel with acorn activists,MSNBC STAFFERS and MICHAEL MOORE DEVOTEES..
Ihose accused cf cRIMES in TExAsfacethe same kind cf BIAS., and A sma11 group of BAD COPS and Unscrupulous PROSECUTORS enjoy A stacked deck.
` Consider this: The Status Quo LED to HARRIS COUNTY GRAND JURORS clearing every single' H.P.D. OFFICER accused in SHOOTINGS for nearly A Decade-288 of them in A row.`JAMES PINKERTON reported last year.
PHILIP HILDER A Former FEDERAL PROSECUTOR for nearly seven (7) years states that Grand Juries in the FEDERAL SYSTEM' are represented by A CROSS-SECTION .of society as the Law'Requires. He states HES seen everybody from construction workers to small business owners. He doesn't recall ever seeing A POLICE OFFIC- _ er. "I'm not saying the FEDERAL SYSTEM is perfect," HILDER said." But I do think its A vast Improvement to how the county operates.
TEXAS has its own examples, In BEXAR COUNTY JUDGES have been using the RANDOM SYSTEM for 15-20 years as the Law allows, according to long time Judge PAT -PRIEST WHO NOW SERVES.AS A visiting Judge Role, recalls that some Judges switched out of A sense of fairness: "It seemed like it would remove all ques-
tions about whether the GRAND JURY was Assembled Properly if we did it this other way." '
deay, according to STATE DISTRICT JUDGE SID HARLE, BEXAR COUNTY JUDGES,are given A choice between RANDOM or PICK-AsPAL, also known as the COMMISSIONER ' SYSTEM everyone chooses RANDOM, HARLE says in part because its easier.
But in HARRIS ooUNTY'S there are these that resist change. HARRIs'coUNTY's most Senior Felony Court JUDGE MICHAEL McSPADDEN was quoted in The Chronicle `1ast year saying people chosen through-RANDOM SELECTION may not be lNTELLIGENT enough to serve on A GRAND_JURY. '
But the AMERICAN -JUDICIAL' SYSTEM DEPENDS ON THE COMMON SENSE OF REGULAR FOLKS.
"I.Q. doesn?t Equate to common sense," says HILDER The Former FEDERAL PROSE- CUTOR." You have people of HIGH INTELLECT and they may have no common sense,and
you have someone thats not Educated and they have alot of common sense, thats
the beauty of the system."
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I will not take up anynore of the Courts Time with this issue, as I'm sure THE COURTS` OF CRIMINAL APPEALS Iis fully aware. It is my hope that I have
not 'Bored' you or wasted your time... (REFERENCE-HOUSTONCHRONICLE.COM/FALKEN-' BURGGRAND. ) '
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GROUND`FOUR: INEFECTIVE ASSISTANCE oF coUNsEL (BEFORE, DURING, AFTER) TRIAL 1 (PROCEEDINGS)':
EACTS SUPPORTING GROUND FOUR: It is Applicant's, position that counsel's performance fell below an objective standard of reasonableness under prevailing professional norms when counsel failed to object and follow through with objections: (1) Failed to Request PRE~TRIAL (MUI‘ION) HEARING and Question (PRO-sE MOTION 10 SUPPRESS) the valid- ity of the Search and the thereafter Seizure of Applicants CELL PHONE: (2)> Failed to object and follow through with objections to_the INDICTMENT Issued by the Grand Jury~ ALLEGED EI\II~IANCEMENT PARAGRAPHS in the Pre-PREPARED INDICI‘ME-_ NT. before the Grand Jury's Hearing. prejudiced the GRAND JURY: And (3) The TEXAS SYSTEM,although CONSTITUTIONAL, the Grand Jury formation is highly Subje- ctive and Susceptible of abuse (VIOLATIVE OF DUE PROCESS OF LAW) As applied; The "KEY¢MAN" (DUBBED PICK¢A¢PAL) System prejudiced the Grand Jury's Hearing. There is A reasonable probability that but for counsel's errors as stated above the result of this (BEFORE, DURING, AF_IER) Trial (PROCEEDINGS) would be differant. The Applicant has been DENIED THE EFFECTIVE ASSISTANCE OF COUNSEL BEFORE, DURING, AFTER TRIAL (PROCEEDINGS).
(D) INEFFECTIVE-ASSISTANCE To be entitled to A New Trial based on an INEFFECTIVE ASSISTANCE OF COUNSEL Claim, A (DEFENDANT) must show by`A perponderance of the evidence that counse- 1' s performance was deficient and that the deficientcy prejudiced the defense. STRICKLAND V. WASHINGTON 466 U. S. 688, 104 S. Ct. 2052-80 L. Ed. 2d 674 (1984) EX PARTE LANE, 303 S. W. 3d 702 (TEX. CRIM. APP. 209).
The first prong requires the (DEFENDANT) to show coUNSELs PERFORMAN_€E fell below an objective.standard)of Reasonableness under prevailing professi- Onal norms. STRICKLAND '466 U.S. at 687-88 104 S;Ct. 2052: LANE 303 S.W.3d at 707.» ‘»
APPLICANT HARRISON ALLEGES (IN PAm.‘IcULAR) THAT CDUNSEL WAS INEFFECTIVE FOR: Tl) Failed to Prepare for Trial; n (2) Failed to Interview Witness; (3) Failed to file even one Pre-Trial Motion; (4) Failed to ask for an Evidenceuary Hearing;l _ (5) Did not have the Drug (HEROIN) Annelized and provide applicant with % rep~ ort;
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(6) Did not follow through with the chain of Coustody;
(7) And after applicant HARRISON filed Pro-Se motion to suppress evidence, the A'I“IORNEY DID NOT AND WOULD NO'l` REQUEST A PRE-TRIAL MOTION HEARING And QUES-. TION (MOIION '10 sUPPRESS) THE vALIDITY 0F THE sEARCH And HEREAFTER sEIzURE OF' APPLICANTS CELLULAR PHONE, A (SMART PHONE) .
Simpley just would not follow through with one single proceedure except flipp-
ing through the court file. He took Seizure Report NOTICE OF SEIZURE, INDICTME-
NT NO. 017129114-R Report from Applicant HARRISON to make copy and never Retur-
ned it to Applicant HARRISON.
When Applicant 'HARRISON presented THE UNITED STATES S.Ct. case A unanomus decision with the whole court concurring on SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES ` JUNE 25, 2014 134 S.Ct. 2473 DAVID LEON RILEY, PETITIONER V. CALIFORNIA, UNITED
STATES, PETITIONER V. BRIMA WURIE and told Attorney to 'Familurize' himself
with the case, HE wanted Applicant HARRISON to give him the case. Applicant
HARRISON would not Release case, and instead AETORNEY KENNETH CAGER took PHOTO
of case with HIS cell~phone, in the court holdover behind the (183rd) DISTRICT
cOURT IN HARRIS coUNTY. _ ATTORNEY KENNETH CAGER told Applicant HARRISON that the state does not or can not identify person that made report of Applicant needing medical assis- tance, and stated they-are going to have to dismiss the case without witness they did not have probable cause to even mess with you. Next AJTORNEY KENNETH CAGER said the state can not prosecute this case they went in your cell phone without A warrant. (HE) Attorney had state do A PSI for probation, when Appli- cant 'spoke with mom on phone, she would say they don't have A casesA probation for what? b ' According -to AP.PLICANT HARRISONS mother she'd say (HE) 's (KENNETH cAGER's) going to bring you home. APPLICANT HARRISON had to assume after some 9-101 `months that Attorney said anything to apease APPLICANT HARRISON as long as
Applicants mother kept on paying Attorney ($500;00)/Dollarsinmonthfuntil the -
fee” of fSixYThousand“ and -Five' Hundred Dollars ($6}500;00) was paid in fullz APPLICANT HARRISON CITEi COURT' OF CRIMINAL APPEALS OF TEXAS, EN BANC EX
PARTE HARVEY. JOSEPH DUFFY JR.. N0.64863 ocr. 1, 1980.(c1'1"E 607 s.w.2d 507)
Defendant who was convicted of CAPITAL MURDER and Assessed the DEATH PENALTY
'.FILED APPLICATION FOR WRIT`OF HABEAS CORPUS. The 186th JUDIClAL DISTRICT COURT BEXAR ¥COUNTY, JAMES -E. BARLOW J. DENIED RELIEF and Defendant filed Motion for
Rehearing which was GRANTED. THE* COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS CLINTON J» HELD
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THAT DEFENDANT WAS DENIED EFFECI`IVE ASSISTANCE OF TRIAL COUNSEL NECESSITATING THAT CONVICTION AND ASSESSMENT OF DEATH PENALTY BE SET ASIDE.
The Second Prong:
(2) Failure to object to the validity of the INDICTMENT issued by THE HARRIS
COUNTY GRAND JURY for said Reasons:
v(>A) 'Iwo enhancement Paragraphs of pre-pared INDICTMENT that prejudiced the GRAND JURRY'S HEARING:
(B) Two enhancement Paragraphs of the pre-pared INDIC'_IMENT were mere unproven Allegations that prejudiced the GRAND JURY'S HEARING and A Violation of DUE PROCESS OF LAW;
(C) Two enhancement Paragraphs of A pre-pared INDICTMENT before the GRAND JURY'S HEARING were (PERVASIVE `AND INFLAMMATORY) PRELTUDICED. APPLICANT HARRISON farther says that COUNSEL was INEF'FECTIVE for`failure ton INVES‘I‘I-
gate and OBJECT to the HARRIS ` COUNTY GRAND JURY based on the TEXAS SYSTEM GRAND JURY Is: d s
(D) A FLAWED INDICTMENT and that 'I‘HE "KEY-MAN" SYSTEM DUBBED ("PICK°A°PAL") Is "HIGHLY SUBJECTIVE" andSUBSECPTABLE_of Abuse Applied and;
(E) A FLAWED INDICTMENT issued by A GRAND JURY under the ("KEY.~MAN") SYSTEM overzealous Prosecutors:Judges appointing law Enforcement friendly people to ACI‘ AS CX)MMISSIONERS:_ COMVIISSIONERS FILLING GRANDv JURIES WITH COUNTRY
_cLUB PALS. 4 ` Active duty Cops and Ex-Cops, active Prosecutors and Ex-Prosecutors and mostly wHITE ELITES is Prejudiced, and violative of DUE PROCESS. v
Applicant HARRISON' Relies on COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS OF TEXAS, EN BANC. Ex PARTE HARVEY JosEPH DUFFY JR._NO. 64863 ocT. 1, 1980 (cITE: as 607 S.w.2d 507) [5] CRD/IINAL' . LAW 110 KEY 1891 K Preparation for trial most cited cases (Formally llOK 641.13(1) Trial Counsel in A_Criminal preosecution is charged with making INDEPENDENT .INVESTIGATION OF FACI‘S OF CASE ESCHEWING WHOLESALE REL1ANCE INVERSITY OF HIS CLIENTS VERSION OF THE FACTS. _ n I' Cites-llOK 1923 K INVESTIGATlNG, .I_DCATING, AND'INTERVIEWING WITNESSES. (FORMALLY 110K 642.13(6) TRIAL COUNSEL IN CRIMINAL PROSECUTION HAS RES_PONSIBI- LITY TO SEEK OUT AND D\ITERVIEW POTENTIAL WITNESSES AND FAILURE TO DO SO IS _TO BE INEFFEC'I‘IVE , IF NOT INCOMPEI‘ENT WHERE CONSEQUENCE IS THAT ONLY VIABLE DEFENSE ALTERNATIVE TO ACO.`JSED IS NOT ADVANCED, z U.S.C.A. CDNST. AMEND.'G,_`APPL_I'-__*__ CANT HARRISON ALLEGES A'I'TORNEY KENNETH DAVID CAGER never did talk to Witnesses (PERSON.WHO NOTIFIED 1JOLICE OF APPLICANT HARRISON SUPOSEDLY NEEDING ASSISTANCE),,
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AND APPLICANT HARRISON CONTENDS THAT HE WAS NOI‘ IN NEED OF ASSISTANCE. APPLIC- ant (CITES AS 607 S.W.2d .507) CRIMINAL LAW 110 K 1942 DEFENSE COUNSEL, AN ATTCRNEY HAS THE'PROFESSIONAL DUTY TO PRESENT ALL AVAILABLE EVIDENCE AND ARGU- MENTS IN`CRIMINAL PROSECUTION 10 SUPPORT DEFENSE OF HIS CLIENT U.S,C.A. CONST. AMENDS. 6, 14: VERNON'S ANN.ST. CONST. ART. 1 § 10. APPLICANT HARRISON (CITES AS 607 S.W.2d 507 AT'IORNEY @ LAW KENNETH DAVID CAGER -NEVER; FILED ONE PRE-TRIAL b MOTION NOT EVEN A DISCOVERY MOTION. ATTORNEY STATED TO DEFENDANT HARRISON THAT, THE STATE WILL PROVIDE WHATEVER EVIDENCE I ASK FOR. APPLICANT HARRISON (PRESEN- TED HIS PRO-SE MOTION TO SUPRESS EVIDENCE FI‘LED" WITH HARRIS COUNTY DISTRICT CLERK CHRIS DANIEL, BECAUSE ATTORNEY NEVER DID ANY WORK HE NEVER GOT APPLICANT HARRISON A PROBABLE CAUSE HEARING "INFACT" APPLICANT HARRISON NEVER ENTERED A COURT ROOM UNTIL AFTER APPLICANT HARRISON WROTE THE JUDGE IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF 183rd A LETTER DATED SOME FEW 0AYS AFTER 10-14-14,App1icant was set for_ court on 10-1-14 Attorney did not show, Applicant was reset on 10- 7-14 APPLICANT HARRISONFS ATTORNEY KENNETH D. CAGER did not show up.
APPLICANT HARRISON was reset for 10-14-14 again Attorney did not show APPLICANT HARRISON was use to calling his mother and telling her to be sure 'and ca11 ATTORNEY KENNETH CAGER and tell him to be at court on what ever date Applicant was set for., 4and even on the times he showed for court he was always 2 to 3 hours late and\run back to the court hold oever with A
b reset form and give APPLICANT HARRISON some excuse....
So Applicant wrote the JUDGE a letter concerning the whole situation, THE .JUDGE, THE HONORABLE VENESSA VALASQUEZ was aware of what was transacting in her court roon. The letter was ment as A check to see if ATTORNEY @ LAW KENNETH CAGER was actually doing anything besides telling Applicant con' t worry I got your .back' APPLICANT HARRISON was set for court on 11-19-14. APPLICANT HARRISON filed his Pro-Se Motion to supress the evidence two weeks prior to that date. Right, after Applicant had written the Judge, the only time DEFENDANT~ HARRISON ever intered A court room was on 11-19-14, the.court was empty except` for court personal. What was stated to DEFENDANT HARRISON
4 was he was =NOT ELLIGIBLE FOR A DRUG PROGRAM, and THE_HONORABLE JUDGE OFFERED DEFENDANT HARRISON (25) years. AITORNEY and APPLICANT HARRISON sat down to confer with one another in the court room, DEFmANr HARRISON told ATIORNEY @ lAW KENNETH CAGER that 425 years) was out of the question and to set case for trial, Attorney said that to go to trial, did'not look good, and DEFENDANT HARRISON and ATTORNEY went back and forth in conversation aboout case DEFFEND-
ANT HARRISON talked about SEARCH INCIDENT TO ARREST and about the RILEY CASE
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and how the H.PfD. Violated his FOURTH AMENDMENT by going through the DATA on DEFENDANTS SMART PHONE. A'I'IORNEY KENl\IE'IH CAGER said they (H P. D. ) are going to say they found the DOPE FIRST, at that point APPLICANT HARRISON knew Attorney had not even looked at THE SUPREME_COURT DECISION IN DAVID LEON RILEY V. CALIFORNIA.
Attorney wanted to plead the case, APPLICANT HARRISON was Beat and Subsi- quently did plead for (15) years after realizing, ATTORNEY @ LAW, KENNETH CAGER rhad \no intentions of doing any work required by an Attorney, every DEFENSE DEFENDANT HARRISON expounded upon, ATTORNEY @ LAW KENNETH DAVID CAGER would shoot holes through. Amplicant'-s mother who was on A fixed income could not afford to pay one more penny, is it not a TRAVISITY OF JUSTICE °the way the court' s are set up, to beat A DEFENDANT down PsYcHoLoGIcAL`.LY and EXTRACT A PLEA, and tell DEFENDANT he got a good deal? The Attorney' s are so use to pleading a Defendant out, that A big portion of them have become ACCUSSTOM to living off the system without ever having to actually DEFEND A client that paid for A Defense in open court; APPLICANT HARRISON (CITES vAs: 607 s.w.2d 507) page 9 [3] as the court noted in E_x PARTE GRovEs, sUPRA, SUCH JUDICIALLY IMPOSED RESTRICTIONS “ARE NOT ABSOLUTE" AND HABEAS CORPUS IS IN THE PROPER FORUM FOR ONE UNLAWFULLY RESTRAINED OF HIS LIBERTY WHO IS WIiHOUT AN ADEQUATE REMEDY AT LAW AP?LICANT HARRISON (CITES! LAWSON Ve STATE, 467 s.w.2d 486 (TEXA. As, cR. APP. !(&!) and continuing to Ex PARTE EWING' 570_ s.w.2d 941 (TEX. cR. APP. 1978) The court looked for willfull_ misconduct by retained counsel without the knowledge of the client that amounts to A BREACH OF THE LEGAL DUTY OF AN ATTORNEY [FN 11] SEE: E.G., HOWELLY V. STATE 563 s.w.2d 933-937 (TEX. cR. APP. 1978) * 514 HARRISON v. srATE 552 s.w.2d 151[ 152 (TEX.CR.. APP. 1977) [FN 12] HUNNICUTT V. STATE 531 S.W.2d 618-626 (TEX. cR. APP. ~1976) : (cl'l'E As-'607 s.w.2d 507) 10 RECAPITULATE AFTER Ex PARTE EWING, SUPRA, THREE SEPERATE_SOURCES OF EFFECTIVE ASSISTANCE OF TRIAL coUNsEL HAD‘ BEEN ~DISCOVERED. *oNE, DUE PRocEsss cLAUSE or THE FOURI‘EENTH AMEN- DMENT,` UNADULTERATED, REQUIRES REPRESENTATION THAT ATTAINS THE LEVEL OF FUND- DAMENTAL. FAIRNESS FROM, BOTH APPOINTED AND RETAINED COUNSEL. *TWO, THE SIXTH AMENDMENT VINCORPORATED INTO THE FOURTEENTH `AMENDMENT_DEMANDS "REASONABAL- LY EFFECTIVE ASSISTANCE" FROM APPOINTED COUNSEL AND FROM RETAINED COUNSEL WHEN REQUISITE STATE ACTION OBTAINS [FN 14].
[FN 14] Fully states, THE TEST FOR EFFECTIVE COUNSEL IS "COUNSEL REASONABA- LLY LIKELY TO RENDER AND RENDERING REASONABALLY EFFECTIVE ASSISTANCE" MC 'KENNA V. ELLIS, 280 f. 2d 592 (5 CIR.1961) as Quoted approvingly by the court
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in in CARAWAY V. STATE 417 S.W.2d 159, 162 (TEX-.CR. APP. 1967).
' * Three, A LEGAL DUTY AN AT'IORNEY GNES TO HIS CLIENT IS NOT TO BE BREACHED BY RETAINED COUNSEL NOR, FOR THAT MATTER, AN APPOINTED COUNSEL. APPLICANT HARRISON CITES»: CUYLER V. SULLIVAN, SUPRA, _PUT AN END TO THE "DOUBLE STANDARD" EMANTING FROM THE REI‘AINED-APPOINTED DICHOT()IVIY, AS SI`ATED BY MR. JUSTICE POWELL THE RAT_IONALE ls vlz; sEE Id. AT _U.s.__. 100 s.ct. AT 1716, ~cITED FRGM (607 S.W.2d 507). . l l
_APPLICANT HARRISON (CITES 607 S.W.2d 507) * 515, WE MAY ASSUME WI'I'H CONFI-` DENCE THAT MOSI‘ COUNSEL WHETHER RET_AIN_ED OR APPOINTED WILL PRO'I‘ECT THE RIGH'I_`S OF AN ACCUSED, BUT _EXPERIENCE TEACHES THAT, IN SOME CASES, RETAINED CGJ'NSEL WILL_ NOI‘ PROVIDE ADEQUATE. REPRESENTATION. *516 APPLICANT HARRISON CITES CUYER V. SULLIVAN SUPRA: n THE VITAL GUARANTEE OF THE SIX'I‘H AMENDMENT WOULD STAND FOR LI'I‘TLE IF THE OF'I‘EN .UNINFORMED DECISION TO RETAIN A PARTICULAR LAWYER COULD REDUCE OR FORFEIT THE DEFE[\]DANT'S `ENTITLMEINT, ’IO CONSTITUTIONAL PRUI'ECI"- ION.
APPLICANT HARRISON (clTES As: 607 S.w.2d`507) [4] Ex PARTE EWING, SUPRA IS BARELY~ 'IWO YEARS ,OLD‘ AND CUYLER 'V. SULLIVAN SUPRA, NOT EVEN A 'IODDLER. UNTIL FURTHER EXPERIENCE TEA(ZIiES O‘IHERWISE WE WILL APPLY HERE AND CONTINUE TO USE 'IHE STANDARD OF' "REASONABALLY EFFECI‘IVE ASSISTANCE OF COUNSEL," 'IO TEST ADEQUACY OF REPRESENTATION » AFFORDED AN ACCUSED BY REI`AINED AS WELL AS APPOINTED COUNSEL WHEN THE PERFORMANCE IS 'IO BE JUDGED ‘BY 'IHE SIX'I‘H AMENDMENT RIGHT TO ASSISTANCE OF COUNSEL MADE APPLICABLE 'IO THE STATES _BY THE FOURTEENTH AMEl\IDME[\IT-ALS_O BY OUR ONN "RIGHT "I'O BE I-IEARD" PROVISION OF ARTICLE 1 SECI‘ION 10, BILL OF RIGHTS, CONSTITUTION OF 'I'EXAS [FN 17] .' ’
[FN 17], THE "REASONABLE COMPEFENCE" TEST PRoPoSED BY oUR BROTHE:R RoBERTs LAcKs_ APPEAL- AT , THIS TIME FoR THE LANGUAGE oF THE SUPRmE COURT wAS SPOKEN7 IN A coNTEX'J? oF ADVICE.oF GOUNSEL THAT Hls cLIEl\yr ENTER A GUILITY PLEA. QUR' CONCERN HERE IS WITH .`A BROADER GOURSE OF CONDUCT THAN‘ COUNSELING A PlEA: WE MUST JUDGE A FULL SCOPE_ OF ASSISTANCE-REPRESENTATION, PERFORMANCE, DELIVERY FOR EFFECI‘IVENES_S ' RA'I‘HER THAN ADEQUACY OF ABILITY -OR vCAPACITY 'I`O ADVISE. THE STANDZ-\`RDv WE RETAIN,`.MANDATES.'AN EXAMINATION, BOTH .OF COMPEI‘ENCE, "LIKELY TO RENDER," _AND OF ASSISTANCE, "AND RENDERING" IN DEI`ERMINING EFFECI`IVENESS 0F coUNSE`L. l ' _
A Criminal Defense lawyer must have firm command of the facts of the case
'as well as Governing haw before he can Render Reasonabally effective assist- ance to his client-in' or out of.the court room FlORES V. STATE 576 S.W.2d 632, 634 (TEX'. CR. APP. 1978); EX PARTE EWING( SUPRA _AT 947; SEE- ALS_O HERRING
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V} ESTELLE 491 F.2d 125, 128, (5 CIR.1974); CARAWAY V. BETO, 421 F.2d 636, 637 (5 cIR. 1970); wlLLIAMs v. BE'Io 345 F.2d 698, 70'5, (5 cIR. 1965); In The-- Seninal .Decision of POWELL V} ALABAMA 287 U.S.45, 53, S.Ct. 55, 77 L.Ed. 158 (1932), THE SUPREWE COURT RECOGNIZED THAT A THROUGH FACTUAL INVESTIGATION ls 'IHE FOUNDATION UPON lecH EFFECFIVE ASSISTANCE oF COUNSEL 18 BUILT.
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1.
SUMMARY EVENTS OF FACTS:
DEFENDANT HARRISON went to .the METHADONE clinic located on main street (exact address unknown) apprpximately (150) feet south of WHEELER @ MAIN. DEFENDANT HARRISON was A METHADONE Patient and received his dosage of Meth-v adone for that day and his LEGAL takeout issue of Methadone for the rest of the week, A six (6) day suppl, DEFENDANT HARRISON put all the Methadone nihisLeft.Front Pants Pocket, which caused A BUlGE,in the left front pocket
t DEFENDANFLHARRISONalso had approximately three hundred dollars ($300.00)
imismaflbills in the sameleftfrun:Pants Pocket. The three hundred($300.00)
l~dollars;\/~za"s_S'Arent'payment received from A Vietnam Vet. that is a PANHANDLER
in A wheel Chair. "BULGDE IN LEFT FRONT PANTS POCKET." DEFENDANT HARRISON also placed his bilfold (WALLET) in his Right Front Pants Pocket which
¢aED caused that pocket to BULGE as well. DEFENDANT HARRISON also had A Lea-
ther Jacket (COAT) on, inside the Coat Pocket DEFFENDANT HARRISON had his-- CELLUALR PHONE (A SMART PHONE)...
Leaving the clinic and returning to the parking lot located at the (800) rs - BLOCK of RUTH, "IN MID-TOWN", HARRIS COUNTY, HOUSTON,TEXAS where DEFENDANT, HARRISON had his (TRUCK) parked. The driver of the Truck who droveDEEENDAa= NT HARRISON to the Methadone clinic had left the Truck and DEFENDANT HARRI¢ §Q§L§_Assumption was that the driver went to the store to get coffee. DEFE~ NDANT HARRISON unlocked his Truck and took his BLOOD PRESURE MEDICATION and "STOOD OUTSIDE" the Truck drinking his coffe with the driver door open awa- iting the drivers return after waiting about (20) minutes, driver still had not returned. DEFENDANT HARRISON had made the decision to lock his Truck a- nd go across the street and take the rail at wheeler station, at that tine, DEFENDANT leaned inside of Truck to gather a few belongings, hat, and teeth as DEFENDANT HARRISON did this; `- l l
An H.P.D. OFFICER stoped in the street and beeped his car horn at that time DEFENDANTastood erect, OFFICER`said"iARE.YOU OK?" DEFENDANT stated in the-- positive" YES SIR I'M FINE" at that time Officer pulled his car into parkia ng lot behindu DEFENDANT HARRISON*S 2003 CHEVROLET TRUCK, DEFENDANT had already locked-drive door of Truck and placed keys in pocket and was at the back of Truck when H.P.D. OFFICER began questioning DEFENDANT HARRIS- S§L H.P.D. OFFICER was formal and wanted to know if DEFENDANT HARRISON wanted medical assistance, "NO" was DEFENDANT HARRISON'S ANSWER, H.P.D. OFFICER was surely staling DEFENDANT HARRISON, questioning DEFENDANT HARRI-
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SON` with a barage of statements and questions, an investigation stop by the Officer, conclusion of the investigation stop by the Officer with DEFENDANT HARRISON'S, answer in the positive "I'M O.K. AND FINE." I'm going
to the wheeler station across the street.
4.‘A second. H.P.D. OFFICER D.G. Q§Yl§ arrived shortly during and after the conclusion of the first Officer's investigation stop and began questioning DEFENDANT HARRISON AGAIN RE-STATED his reasons for being at the Truck in the parking lot. A Third (3rd) Officer also pulled in, DEFENDANT HARRI- YI_ now has three (3)` H.P.D. UNITS there! surrounded by H.""i'§.n.~:' oFFJ:cERs DEFENDANT HARRISON` stated "AM 1 UNDER ARREST?" "I've done nothing, 1 have no warrants, why are you detaining me" at that time a search of HARRISON'S PERSON ENSUED BY "Al.L" unREE (3) H.P.D. oFFlcERS DEMANDING,That he emty his pockets HARRISON had "NO CHOICE IN THE SEARCH"...And complied.
5. This second H.P.D. OFFICER was asking whats in your pockets, Officer's began to BADGER DEFENDANT about A Search, DEFENDANT HARRISGNstated "IF I AM NUT UNDER ARREST”"NO" -"I DON'T HAVE- ANYTHING". D.G. DAVIS Reached into DEFENDANT HARRISONS 4Pocket and Removed DEFENDANT-HARRISONS CELLULAR PHONE, he took the SMART PHONE to his Patrol Car he returned about five ninutes later, he had went through-SMART PHONE DATA:
6. And stated "YOU HAVE OVER -A HUNDRED TEXT MESSAGES FROM PEOPLE WANTING 10 BUY MEDICINE FROM YOU!" He went "ALL" through DEFENDANT HARRISONS CELL- ULAR PHONE A SMART-PHONE.
7. H.P.D. 0FFICER iam AND THEREAFI'ER searched DEFF_:NDANT HARRISON'S Pockets and Removed several "ITEMS" and including "CASH MONIES IN THE AMOUNT oF $708.60 SEE: CAUSE NO.20l4-10003 STATE-VS. APPROXIMATEL¥ $708.60 RESPONDENT WILLIAM BUFCRD` HARRISON .11th JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT; HARRIS COUNTY AND HEROIN_ allegely weighing imore_then (4) grams and less then (200)_grans) The. search and Seizure of DEFE_NDANT, HARRlsoN's_PERsoN AND cElLULAR PHONE
(A SMART PHONE) AND:
8. Thereafter and KAYLYNN WILLIFORD ASSISTANT HARRIS COUNTY DISTRICT AITORNEY, was NOTIFIED of the SEARCH And SEIZURE conducted of the DEFENDANT HARRISONS person and Property approved and Authorized the SEIZURE CONDUCTED of MONIES and the HEROIN and AUTHORIZED the Arrest of the DEFNEDANT HARRISON.
DoNE AND ExEcUrED 0N THIS \ 5 DAY 0F\:§UL¥ 201_5 AND UNDER PENALTY oF PERJURY. _ ' ew]
WILLIAM BUFO§D HARRISON Page 2 of 2
Certitied Document Number: 59805646 - Page 3 of 3
NOTEC;E OF SEiZUF?lE NCIDENT NO. 017129114-R TO THE DlSTR|CT ATTORNEY OF HARRlS COUNTY;
The undersigned peace officer, D.G. Davis who is duly employed by the following Law enforcement agency, Hous_ton Police Department , hereby notifies the Harris County District Attorney‘s Office that the below-listed property was seized on or about
the 1_Oth day of February, 2014 by the Houston Police Department
APPROXlMATELY $708.60 in U.S. currency
The undersigned peace officer believes that the seized property constitutes the proceeds of a felony offense and is contraband as defined by Chapter 59 of the Texas Code of Cri`minal Procedure based upon the following information obtained in conjunction
.with his own investigation:
Officer obtained the following information from the above listed incident report: Offcer received information that a male was hanging out of the driver's door of a1 vehicle that was parked in the 8_00 block of Ruth, l.-larris County, T.exas. Offcer proceeded to the listed location and observed Wi|liam Buford Ha'rri`son wh'_o was unresponsive, hanging out of the driver's door of a 2003 Chevrolet truck Officer awoke Harrison and noted bulges in both of his pants pockets When asked for permission to search his pockets,_. Ha_rris_o'n advised officer that he didn't have anything Officer then observed Harriso_n retrieve a film canister that contained a plastic bag from his front right pants pocket. Officer knows that narcotics traffickers will often use a h|rn canister to store illegal narcotics for sale/distribution _At this time officer removed the plastic bag from the film canister and found it to contain a black rock substance Harrison who admitted that the black rock substance was heroin, was charged with Possession Controlled Substance (approximate_ly 10-. 5 grams of heroin)_ Search incident to arrest, officers recovered a quantity of methadone along with $708. 60 in L_l S. currency from Harrison' s person Officer also reviewed Harrison' __s cellular phone and observed numerous incoming narcotics related text messages that indicate Harrison is currently involved in the sale/distribution of illegal narcotics Ha`rr_i`son.' s criminal history _ includes previous convictions for Dangerous Dr`ugs and Distrib_ution _of Her`oin A- narcotics canine check of the currency resulted in an alert for: the odor of narcotics Officer believes the currency seized_' is proceeds gained from illegal activity and/or intended to be used for
illegal activity and is contraband subject to forfeiture
_ Pe Officer's S__ignature SWORN TO AND SUB_SCR/BED before me on this e_;l J\d\a l f "_ f ., \ us -;v'.cj~i;r c it N No‘,";‘;y pu:|": No-tary Public in and for H§Fk/v stale or texas County. Texas
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' MR._wlLLIAM BUFFORD HARRISON TDCJ#=1969618, MchAEL UNIT 26641FM 2054 TENNESSEE coLoNY, TEXAS 75886 HONORABLE cLERK or THE coURT
OFFICE OF THE CLERK TEXAS COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS
RE: EX PARTE wlLLlAM'BUFFoRD HARRISoN'
wRIT N0. wR-36,092-04 '
TR. cT. N0. 1417384-A._
cAUSE N0;'1417384-A (HABEAS leT)
DEAR HONORABLE cLERK or THE coURT THE ABovE-NOTED ACT10N HAleG BEEN TRANSMITTED FOR FILE/DOCKET F0R A.DlsPosiTloN; THE ENCLOSED MEMORANDUM 1N Tuis HABEAS leT/ FILED BEFORE THE coURT'FoR DISPOSITION.'
THANK-YOU FOR YOUR TIME 1N TH1S MATTER. EXECUTED 0N THIS
=| 3 DAY 0F §§§5[_5'[ , 2015.
RESPECTFULLY,
WILLIAM BUFFORD HARRISON
STATE 0F TEXAS COUNTY 0F ANDERSON
1,’ WILLIAM- BUFFORD HARRISON, 1DCJ#1969618 BEING PRESENTLY INCARCERATED 1N “THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF CRIMMINAL JUSTICE 1N THE MlCHAEL UNIT, 1N ANDERSON COUNTY, TEXAS, DO DECLARE UNDER PENALTY OF PERJURY THA1 THE FOREG01NG STATEMENT/ ETC. 18 TRUE AND CORRECT.
DONE ANO EXECUTED ON THIS THE 12 2 DAY OF gl( §§ \Z 2015
WILLIAM BUFFORD HARRISON
-CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
WILLIAM BUFFORD HARRISON, Applicant and Certifies that 1 have Served a copy of this (My)"Memorahdum of Law"in Cause No}
1417384- A to the State on this
The 132 may of €)'(,z(_j 2015
By Mail_as follows:
-Mr._Abel Acosta, Clerk
Court of Criminal Appeals of Tean' P.O. Box 12308 Capitol Station
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W1LL1AM BUFFORD HARRISON
CERTIFICATE OF COMPLIANCE AS REQUIRED BY TEX. R. APP. PROC. 73.1(F)
WILLIAM BUFFORD HARRISON, APPL1CAN1 AND 1N PRO SE BEFORE
1H1S HONORABLE §QQBI_FILES THIS (HIS) "GERTIFICATE OF COMPLIANCE" 1N THE ABOVE#CAPTIONED` CAUSE/WRIT PURSUANT 410 THE TEXAS CODE OF CR1M1NAL PROCEDURE, CHAPTER 11 ARTICLE 11»07,-§3.~1HE APPLI- CANT.HARRISON} CER11F1ES' 1HA1 THE NUMBER OF`WORDS 1N 1HIS (HIS)
"MEMORANDUM~OF LAW".1S APPROXIMATELY
DONE AND EXECUTED ON `THIS THE 13 DAY OF § l(g(_¥ ,2_015.
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1111 14 111 §§ .M:MJ
WILLIAM'BUFFORD HARRISON
LESS NUMBER OF WORDS 1N THE "CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE" AND THE
"CERTIFICATE OF COMPLIANCE".