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*0 FILE COPY *1 S HERRY R ADACK C HRISTOPHER A. P RINE
C HIEF J USTICE C LERK OF THE C OURT
T ERRY J ENNINGS J ANET W ILLIAMS
E VELYN K EYES C HIEF S TAFF A TTORNEY L AURA C ARTER H IGLEY J ANE B LAND Court of Appeals P HONE : 713-274-2700
M ICHAEL M ASSENGALE F AX : 713-755-8131 H ARVEY B ROWN First District R EBECA H UDDLE www.txcourts.gov/1stcoa.aspx 301 Fannin Street R USSELL L LOYD J USTICES Houston, Texas 77002-2066
January 21, 2015
Benny Joseph Walker Forrest L. Sanderson III
#01877490 TDCJ 807 Pecan St
Allred Unit Bastrop, TX 78602
2110 F.M. 369 North * DELIVERED VIA E-MAIL *
Iowa Park, TX 76367
RE: Court of Appeals Number: 01-13-00739-CR, 01-13-00740-CR, 01-13-00741-CR
01-13-00742-CR
Trial Court Case Number: 16407, 16408, 16409, 16410
Style: Benny Joseph Walker v. The State of Texas
This is to acknowledge your communication received January 16, 2016, with reference to your
direct appeal. Please be advised that the current status of your appeal is:
1. Has been filed but has not yet been decided.
2. This Court has no jurisdiction to compel the trial court to provide you with free copies of
any of your trial court records. This Court does not provide free copies of any documents without prepayment of costs.
3. Appellant’s counsel shall represent the appellant until “appeals are exhausted, or the
attorney is relieved of his duties by the court.” T EX . C ODE C RIM . P. art. 26.04(j)(2). Our mandate has not issued. Accordingly, appellant is still represented by court appointed counsel on appeal. Appellant is not entitled to “hybrid representation.” See, e.g. , Robinson v. State , 240 S.W.3d 919, 922 (Tex. Crim. App. 2007). Pro se motions/correspondence filed by appellant will be forwarded to the attorney of record. Appellant’s counsel is ordered, to the extent he may not have already done so, to satisfy his certification obligation pursuant to T EX . R. A PP . P. 48.4.
Very truly yours, Christopher A. Prine Clerk of the Court cc: Julie Renken (DELIVERED VIA E-MAIL)