in Re Patricio Estrada
Opinion
Opinion issued July 31, 2018
In The
Court of Appeals
For The
First District of Texas
appointed trial counsel in the underlying criminal proceeding.1 With the petition, relator has also filed a motion for leave to file the petition.
In light of relator stating in his petition that he is represented by appointed trial counsel below, his pro se mandamus petition presents nothing for this Court’s review because a criminal defendant is not entitled to hybrid representation. See Patrick v. State, 906 S.W.2d 481, 498 (Tex. Crim. App. 1995) (because appellant was represented by counsel and was not entitled to hybrid representation, pro se appellant’s supplemental brief presented nothing for review); Gray v. Shipley, 877 S.W.2d 806, 806 (Tex. App.—Houston [1st Dist.] 1994, no pet.) (per curiam) (overruling pro se motion for leave to file mandamus petition because relator was represented by appointed trial counsel and was not entitled to hybrid representation).
Accordingly, we dismiss the mandamus petition for want of jurisdiction and dismiss the motion for leave as moot.
PER CURIAM
Panel consists of Justices Higley, Brown, and Caughey.
Do not publish. TEX. R. APP. P. 47.2(b).
1 The underlying case is The State of Texas v. Patricio Estrada, Cause No. 17-DCR-
77572, 268th District Court, Fort Bend County, Texas, the Honorable Brady G.
Elliott presiding.
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