Pink, Reginald Keith

Court of Appeals of Texas·Decided August 27, 2015·No. PD-0777-15·Published

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REGINAL KEITH PINK, Abe! AcftsteuQterk Petitioner rILED IN v. COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS THE STATE OF TEXAS, AUG 27 2015 Respondent Abel Acosta, Clerk

From the 5th Court of Appeals, Cause Nos: 05-14-00877-CR, 05-14-00878-CR, 05-14-00879-CR, 05-14-00880-CR;

From the 283rd Judicial District Court, Cause Nos. F09-55346-T, F13-60732-T, F13-60733-T, F13-721123-T, the Honorable Judge Rick Magnis , presiding

PETITION FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW

Reginald Keith Pink, Pro Se TDCJ# 1938997 McConnell Unit' 3001 S. Emily Dr. Beeville, Texas 78102-8583 361.362.2300 (ph.) 361.362.3011 (fax)

ORAL ARGUMENT REQUESTED TABLE OF CONTENTS

Table of Contents i Index of Authorities ii Statement Regarding Oral Argument iii Statement of the Case iii Procedural History 1 Ground For Review No. 1 1 The Court of Appeals erroneously affirmed petitioner's conviction holding that the Anders brief represents a professional evaluation of the appellate record— Ground For Review No. 2 2 The Court of Appeals erred in denying multiple pro se requests for evidentiary hearing to resolve issue of lost/missing transcripts— Ground For Review No. 3 2 The Court of Appeals erroneously confirmed the convictions holding petitioner was given a copy of the appellate reco rd and advised of his right to file a pro se response... Ground For Review No. 4 3 The Court of Appeals erred in holding that it reviewed the record, counsel's brief and pro se motions finding nothing in the record one might arguably raise on app eal ...

Conclusion 4 Prayer 5

Certificate of Service 6 Appendix 1V INDEX OF AUTHORITIES

UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION

Amendment 6 5

Amendment 14 5

FEDERAL LAW

28 U.S.C §2254 2 Federal Cases

Anders v. California 386 U.S. 738 (1967) 1 Dalton v. Battaglia 402 F.3d 729, 736 (7th Cir. 2005) 2 Hall v. Quarterman 543 F.3d 365, 367-69 (5th Cir. 2008) 2 Harich v. Wainwright 813 F.2d 1082, 1090 (11th Cir. 1987) 2 Jackson v. Estelle 570 F.2d 546, 547 (5th Cir. 1978) 2 Woodcock v. McCauley 563 F.2d 806, 808-09 (7th Cir.) 2 Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure Rule 34.6 4

Rule 38.9 3

Texas State Cases

Dunn v. State 733 S.W.2d 212-14 (Tex. Crim. App. 1987) 4 Emery v. State 800 S.W.2d 530-33 (Tex. Crim. App. 1990) 4 Gianous v. State 436 S.W.2d 137 (Tex. Crim. App. 1969) 1 Harris v. State 790 S.W.2d 569 (Tex. Crim. App. 1989) 4 Kelly v. State 436 S.W.3d 313, 319-21 (Tex.- Crim. App. 2014) 2 Ortiz v. State 862 S.W.2d 170 (Tx. App. 4th Dist. 2014) 4

n STATEMENT REQUESTING ORAL ARGUMENT

Petitioner believes strongly that oral argument would be helpful to the Court in assisting them in deciphering exactly what occured during the Janu ary 23, 2014 arrignment/plea hearing that was recorded yet not made part of the appellate record. Further, oral argument is necessary to make the Court aware of. the harm and prejudice caused to the petitioner by not allowing the issues and Constitutional.violations which occured during that hearing to be raised on Direct Appeal to the Appellate Court. Petitioner believes oral argument should be permitted to reveal how the Court of Appeals erred in its fact finding, determinations thereof, and in the denials of pro se motions and requests to show documentary or otherwise evidence from either the Appellate Record or the Dallas Co. Judicial System Electronic Docket sheets, that, the January 23, 2014 hearing did in fact "take place, was recorded by the Court Reporter, and that portion of the Appellate Record is lost and or missing. Petitioner has shown due diligence by request ing these transcripts from the Court Reporter of the 283rd District Court, the Trial Court, as well as the 5th Court of Appeals/ and attempted to properly address the issue of the lost portions of the transcript prior to the submi ssion of the substantively defective Anders Brief. Petitioner intends to argue how his repeated requests for evidentuary hearing, which are the generaly accepted and usual course of jurisprudence in such situations. For these reasons, Petitioner respectfully requests oral argument be granted ,-

STATEMENT OF THE CASE

On June 26, 2013, Petitioner, ReginaMPink (Pink) was convicted of robbery, two aggravated robbery w/ deadly weapon,,and one aggravated assault on a public servant in the 283rd Judicial District Court of Dallas County, Texas. The trial Court assessed punishment as LIFE imprisonment in each case. Petitioner appealed the convictions, and appellate counsel filed an Anders brief. On May 26, 2015 the 5th Court of Appeals filed a memorandum opinion affirming the convictions.

in PROCEDURAL HISTORY

On May 26, 2015, Petitioner Received notification of Opinion and Judg ment from the 5th Court of Appeals, informing him that his convictions had been modified and affirmed. On July 10, 2015, Petitioner filed a motion for rehearing with the Court of Appeals. On August 3, 2015 Petitioner received the Order from the 5th Court of Appeals denying the rehearing.

GROUND FOR REVIEW NUMBER ONE

The Court of Appeals erroneously affirmed petitioner's conviction holding that the Anders Brief represents a professional evaluation of the Appellate Record and meets the requirements of Anders v. California.

ARGUMENT:

The Court of Appeals erred in affirming the convictions based on an Anders brief that was based on appellate counsel's evaluation of an incompl ete appellate record which was void of transcripts from an arringment/plea hearing- held on January 23, 2014, where issues to be raised on direct appeal occured. These transcripts have been diligently sought in Pro Se motions to the Court of Appeals making the Court aware of the issue of lost and/or miss ing portions of the Appellate Record prior to counsel's submitted Anders brief. All such pro se motions were denied. Review should be granted based simply on the Court of Appeals decision to affirm on an incomplete appellate record, and any evaluation ignores the record and evidence giving rise to meritor ious issues that could be raised therefrom, (see Appendix Exhibits 3, 4, 5, & 6, as well as Dallas Co. Judicial Sys. docket sheets Ex. 2). These are documentary evidence, by a preponderance.of the evidence, that a hearing occured on January 23, 2014 and should have been recorded at the request of the parties and/or as a matter of regular Rules of Court.

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