Hightower, Ray Jr.

• Court: Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
• Decided: February 14, 2020
• Docket: WR-19,518-14
• Status: Published

Opinion

IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS OF TEXAS NOS. WR-19,518-13 & WR-19,518-14

EX PARTE RAY HIGHTOWER, JR. , Applicant

ON APPLICATIONS FOR WRITS OF HABEAS CORPUS CAUSE NOS. 353-D & 354-D IN THE 350TH DISTRICT COURT FROM TAYLOR COUNTY

Per curiam.

ORDER

Applicant filed these applications for writs of habeas corpus in the county of conviction, and

after a remand, the district clerk returned the writ applications to this Court. See TEX . CODE CRIM .

PROC. art. 11.07. Under Article 11.07 of the Texas Code of Criminal Procedure, a district clerk is

required to forward to this Court, among other things, “the application, any answers filed, any

motions filed, transcripts of all depositions and hearings, any affidavits, and any other matters such

as official records used by the court in resolving issues of fact.” Id. at § 3(d); see also TEX . R. APP .

P. 73.4(b)(4). However, the record forwarded to this Court appears to be incomplete as it does not

contain amended Article 11.07 applications, briefs, and attached exhibits allegedly filed by Applicant

in February 2019. 2

The district clerk shall either forward the amended 11.07 habeas corpus applications and

briefs to this Court or certify in writing that these documents are not part of the record. The district

clerk shall comply with this order within thirty days from the date of this order.

Filed: February 14, 2020 Do not publish