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MEMORANDUM OPINION
No. 04-09-00670-CR
IN RE Tristan GRIFFIN
Original Mandamus Proceeding1
PER CURIAM
Sitting: Catherine Stone, Chief Justice
Rebecca Simmons, Justice
Steven C. Hilbig, Justice
Delivered and Filed: November 11, 2009
PETITION FOR WRIT OF MANDAMUS DENIED
On October 16, 2009, relator Tristan Griffin filed a petition for writ of mandamus,
complaining of the trial court’s failure to rule on his various pro se motions.
However, counsel has been appointed to represent relator 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
… This proceeding arises out of Cause No. NM037076, styled State of Texas v. Tristan Griffin, pending in
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the 379th Judicial District Court, Bexar County, Texas, the Honorable Ron Rangel presiding.
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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).
PER CURIAM
DO NOT PUBLISH
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