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MEMORANDUM OPINION
No. 04-09-00720-CR
IN RE Willie Louis JACKSON, JR.
Original Mandamus Proceeding1
PER CURIAM
Sitting: Catherine Stone, Chief Justice
Karen Angelini, Justice
Sandee Bryan Marion, Justice
Delivered and Filed: November 25, 2009
PETITION FOR WRIT OF MANDAMUS DENIED
On November 10, 2009, relator Willie Louis Jackson, Jr. filed a petition for writ of
mandamus, complaining of the trial court’s failure to rule on the following pro se motions: motion
requesting an examining trial; motion to dismiss counsel, Scott Steele; and motion to appoint an
investigator.
On October 9, 2009, relator was appointed new counsel, Virginia Maurer. Therefore,
relator’s complaint that the trial court has failed to rule on his motion to dismiss his former counsel,
Scott Steele, is denied as MOOT.
… This proceeding arises out of Cause No. 2009-CR-9828, styled State of Texas v. Willie Jackson, Jr., pending
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in the 379th Judicial District Court, Bexar County, Texas, the Honorable Ron Rangel presiding.
04-09-00720-CR
As to relator’s remaining complaints, relator is currently represented by counsel in the
criminal proceeding pending in the trial court for which he is currently confined. A criminal
defendant is not entitled to hybrid representation. See Robinson v. State, 240 S.W.3d 919, 922 (Tex.
Crim. App. 2007); Patrick v. State, 906 S.W.2d 481, 498 (Tex. Crim. App. 1995). A trial court has
no legal duty to rule on a pro se motion filed with regard to a criminal proceeding in which the
defendant is represented by counsel. See Robinson, 240 S.W.3d at 922. Consequently, the trial court
did not abuse its discretion by declining to rule on relator’s various pro se motions that relate directly
to his confinement based on the criminal proceeding pending in the trial court. Accordingly,
relator’s petition for writ of mandamus is denied. TEX . R. APP . P. 52.8(a).
Additionally, relator filed an Application for Leave to File Petition for Writ of Mandamus.
No leave is required to file a petition for writ of mandamus in this court. TEX . R. APP . P. 52.
Therefore, relator’s motion for leave to file is DENIED as moot.
PER CURIAM
DO NOT PUBLISH
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