Jones, Matthew Thomas

• Court: Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
• Decided: November 16, 2021
• Docket: WR-92,065-01
• Status: Published

Opinion

IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS OF TEXAS NO. WR-92,065-01

EX PARTE MATTHEW THOMAS JONES, Applicant

ON APPLICATION FOR A WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS CAUSE NO. 1596577-A IN THE 208TH DISTRICT COURT FROM HARRIS COUNTY

Per curiam.

ORDER

Applicant filed this application for a writ of habeas corpus in the county of conviction, and

the district clerk forwarded it to this Court. See TEX . CODE CRIM . PROC. art. 11.07. On December

16, 2020, this Court remanded this matter to the trial court to allow that court to complete its

evidentiary investigations and make findings of fact and conclusions of law.

On November 10, 2021, this Court received the supplemental record after remand, which

includes findings of fact and conclusions of law signed by the trial court. In those findings and

conclusions, the trial court cites extensively to an affidavit submitted by Applicant’s trial counsel,

Ted Doebbler on February 9, 2021. 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 2

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). The supplemental record forwarded to this Court appears, however, to

be incomplete, in that the affidavit of Ted Doebbler is not included in the record.

The district clerk shall either forward to this Court the affidavit of trial counsel Ted Doebbler

or certify in writing that this document is not part of the record. The district clerk shall comply with

this order within thirty days from the date of this order.

Filed: November 16, 2021 Do not publish