*1 COURT OF APPEALS

EIGHTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS EL PASO, TEXAS § § RALPH EDWARD HARDEN, JR., No. 08-16-00248-CR § Appellant, Appeal from the § 26 th District Court v.

§ THE STATE OF TEXAS, Of Williamson County, Texas § State. (TC# 14-1505-K26) § O R D E R Pending before the Court is Appellant’s pro se motion for access to the appellate record. The motion is GRANTED. Therefore, it is ORDERED that the Clerk of this Court, forward a copy of the clerk’s record and reporter’s record, and any supplemental records, to the Warden of the Allan B. Polunsky Unit, 3872 FM 350 South, Livingston, TX 77351. The record, having been filed in electronic format, will be provided in CD format, and it shall be made available to Appellant (TDCJ #02088540), under the supervision of the Law Librarian or designee, for his review and use in preparing a brief. Appellant is directed to notify the Court within thirty days whether he intends to file a brief. Further, it is not necessary for the record (CD) to be returned to this Court and it may be destroyed by the Warden after Appellant has filed his brief.

IT IS SO ORDERED this 13 th day of March, 2017. PER CURIAM Before McClure, C.J., Rodriguez and Palafox, JJ.