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•-------4---------~----------------~~~~~~--- . ;o/7~dc SHARON KELLER ABEL ACOSTA PRESIDING JUDGE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS CLERK (512)463-1551 . P.O. BOX 12308, CAPITOL STATION LAWRENCE E. MEYERS CHERYL JOHNSON AUSTIN, TEXAS 78711 SIAN SCHILHAB MIKE KEASLER GENERAL COUNSEL (512)463-1600 BARBARA P. HERVEY ELSA ALCALA BERT RICHARDSON KEVIN P. YEARY DAVID NEWELL JUDGES
July 27, 2015
Travis Prunty # 151820 Michael Unit 2664 FM 2054 Tennessee Colony, TX 75886
RE: Trial Court Case #1121157-A
Dear Mr. Prunty:
The Court has received your recent correspondence and we are returning it for your convenience.
Neither the Judges nor the staff of the Court can give you legal advice or assistance of any kind. We recommendyou contact State Counsel for Offenqers ,at the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Institutional , Division at PO Box 4005 in Huntsville, TX 77342. ""; ' ~ - ~
If you have any further questions or concerns, please direct them to the District Clerk in the county where you were convicted.
AA/kd Enclosure
SUPREME COURT BUILDING, 201 WEST 14TH STREET, ROOM I 06, AUSTIN, TEXAS 78701 WEBSITE WWW.CCA.COURTS.STATE.TX.US •.. r· \:· FILED Chris Daniel District Clerk
CAUSE NO. 1121157-A '·' EXPARTE !f § IN THE 176TH DISTRIC7-~~f+n:;~L..::::::::.__
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TRAVIS PRuNTY, §' ~SCOUNTY,TEXAS
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STATE'S PROPOSED ORDER DESIGNATING ISSUES :·; AND FOR FILING AFFIDAVIT
Having ~bonsidered the application for writ of habeas corpus in the above- \f captioned cause, the Court finds that the following issue of whether the applicant' 0·:·. ." was denied the'~·effective ., assistance oftrial counsel needs to be resolved . f':. ~
Therefofe, pursuant to Article 11.07, §3(d), this Court will resolve the above- : '~
cited issue and then enter fmdings of fact.
To.assist the Court in resolving these factual issues, counsel James Tucker
Graves (Graves) is ORDERED to file an affidavit summarizing his actions as.
counsel for t~e applicant in the primary case, cause number 1121157 and
specifically responding to the following:
1. Whether Graves discussed with the applicant any trial or general strategies in the primary case, including discussions on whether to proceed to trial, plea agreements, or other options (if so, please summarize the applicant's responses to such discussions; if not, please state the reasons for not so discussing this with the applicant);
2. Whether Craves discussed with the applicant the possibility of presenting possible defenses - e.g., State's failure to prove the applicant's involvement in. the aggravated robbery based upon not recovering the
1 firearm, or upon complainant Mireles' "cha1,1ging" his story numerous times, the possibility of lesser included offenses such as theft or unauthorized use' of a motor vehicle, or some other defense - in trial in an effort to secure an acquittal in the primary case (if so, please summarize the applicant's responses to such discussions, including any desire to proceed to trial; if not, please state reasons for this belief);
3. "'Nhether Graves discussed with the applicant his right to testify at trial and Graves' advice to the applicant (if so, please summarize the applicant's responses to such discussions, including any desire to testify; if not, please state reasons for not so discussing this with the applicant);
4. Whether Graves discussed with the applicant the evidence that was required in order to obtain a jury instruction for the lesser ·included offenses of theft or unauthorized use of motor vehicle (if so, please summarize the applicant's responses to such discussions; if not, please state reasons for this belief);
5. Whether Graves reviewed the evidence (witness statements) that was in the State's possession before the trial commenced (if so, please summarize Graves' efforts to view this evidence and the preparations for trial, and was reviewing the witness statements before the cross examination of the witnesses part of a trial strategy; if not, please state the reasons for not reviewing the evidence).
James Tucker Graves is ordered to file his affidavit with the Post-Conviction
Writs Division of the District Clerk's Office, 1201 Franklin, Third Floor, Houston,
Texas 77002, within THIRTY DAYS of the signing of this Order.
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The Clerk of the Court is· ORDERED to ·send a copy of this Order to the
applicant and to counsel for the State, and to serve copies of this Order, and the
Original Application to:
James Tucker Graves 318 Main St. Conroe, Texas 77301
When the affidavit of James Tucker Graves is received, the Clerk is
ORDERED to send a copy of said affidavit to the applicant, Travis Prunty, TDCJ #
01517820, Mark Michael Unit, 2664 FM 2054, Tennessee Colony, Texas 75886; and
a copy to counsel for the State, Ana M. Benavides, 1201 Franklin, Suite 600,
Houston, Texas 77002.
The Clerk of the Court is ORDERED NOT to transmit at this time any
documents in the above-styled case to the Court of Criminal Appeals until further
ordered by this Court.
By the following signature, the Court adopts the State's Proposed Order for
Designating Issues and for Filing Affidavit in cause number 1121157-A.
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