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*1 IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS
OF TEXAS
NOS. WR-21,005-02, WR-21,005-03 , WR-21,005-04, & WR-21,005-05
EX PARTE LESTER LEROY BOWER, JR.
REGARDING THE APPLICATIONS FOR WRITS OF HABEAS CORPUS FROM
CAUSE NOS. 33426, 33427, 33428, AND 33429 TH IN THE 15 JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT
GRAYSON COUNTY
Per curiam .
O R D E R
We have before us an “Unopposed Motion to Grant Access to Records” filed by an assistant attorney general regarding the writ record in these cases. Certain documents in
this record were previously sealed by other courts and this Court. Due to the existence throughout the record of sensitive information and sealed documents that were not properly sealed below, this Court subsequently sealed the entire record in these cases. See T EX . R. A PP . P. Rule 9.10.
Applicant is currently scheduled for execution on June 3, 2015. Counsel for the *2 Bower - 2 State has requested that we “allow transmittal to and use of the records” by the Office of General Counsel for the Governor of the State of Texas in order to evaluate applicant for executive clemency or a thirty-day reprieve.
We grant the State’s motion to allow a representative of the Office of General Counsel for the Governor of the State of Texas access to the record for use in evaluating applicant for clemency or reprieve. Counsel or a designated representative of the Governor’s Office of General Counsel may review and/or copy any portion of the record, including sealed documents.
The record and all previously sealed documents shall remain sealed, and counsel and the designated representative will maintain the confidentiality of the record and will not release any portion of the record to the public. The motion requesting access and this order shall not be sealed. TH
IT IS SO ORDERED THIS THE 30 DAY OF APRIL, 2015.
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