Muhammad, Naim

Opinion

AP-77,021

COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS AUSTIN, TEXAS

Transmitted 3/4/2015 4:08:42 PM JOHN TATUM 990 S. Sherman ATTORNEY AT LAW Accepted 3/4/2015 4:10:48 PM Richardson, Texas 75081 (972) 705-9200 ABEL ACOSTA CLERK

March 4, 2015

Abel Acosta, Clerk of the Court Court of Criminal Appeals March 6, 2015 P.O. Box 12308 Capitol Station Austin, Texas 78711

Re: Oral argument in Cause No. AP-77,021 Naim Rasool Muhammad v. The State of Texas

Dear Mr.Acosta:

The undersigned counsel will present oral argument on behalf of Appellant in the above mentioned case on April 1, 2015. Appellant’s counsel w ill present argument on issues nos. 35-37 which concerns trial counsel’s series of complaints that the trial judge would not make preliminary or threshold evaluations of admissibility of evidence of extraneous bad acts or offenses in the punishment hearing and issue no. 40 that the trial judge improperly commented on the evidence at the end of the punishment hearing which denied Appellant his right to due process.

Sincerely,

/s/ John Tatum

John Tatum State Bar No. 19672500 900 South Sherman Street Richardson, Texas 75081 (972) 705-9200 johntatumlaw@gmail.com

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