*1 AP-77,021 COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS AUSTIN, TEXAS Transmitted 3/4/2015 4:08:42 PM JOHN TATUM 990 S. Sherman Accepted 3/4/2015 4:10:48 PM ATTORNEY AT LAW Richardson, Texas 75081 ABEL ACOSTA ( 972) 705-9200 CLERK March 4, 2015

Abel Acosta, Clerk of the Court

Court of Criminal Appeals

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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