IN THE
TENTH COURT OF APPEALS
No. 10-15-00025-CR
No. 10-15-00026-CR
No. 10-15-00047-CR
No. 10-15-00048-CR
No. 10-15-00049-CR
No. 10-15-00050-CR
No. 10-15-00051-CR
No. 10-15-00052-CR
No. 10-15-00053-CR
No. 10-15-00054-CR
CARLOS ALVAREZ PEREZ III,
Appellant
v.
THE STATE OF TEXAS,
Appellee
From the 220th District Court
Hamilton County, Texas
Trial Court Nos. CR07960, CR07970, CR07961, CR07971, CR07972,
CR07973, CR07974, CR07975, CR07976 and CR07977
MEMORANDUM OPINION
In ten cause numbers, appellant, Carlos Alvarez Perez III, filed pro se
interlocutory notices of appeal of the trial court’s denial of his motions for bond
reduction.1 The Clerk of the Court notified appellant that these cases are subject to
dismissal for want of jurisdiction and that the Court might dismiss the appeals unless
appellant showed grounds for continuing them. Appellant did not respond to the
Clerk’s letter.
This Court lacks jurisdiction over a trial court’s denial of a motion for bond
reduction when the appeal is not from the trial court’s denial of a pre-trial application
for writ of habeas corpus in which the appellant sought bond reduction.2 See Benford v.
State, 994 S.W.2d 404, 409 (Tex. App.—Waco 1999, no pet.); see also Sanchez v. State, 340
S.W.3d 848, 849 (Tex. App.—San Antonio 2011, no pet.). Accordingly, these appeals are
dismissed for want of jurisdiction.3
1The ten cause numbers correspond with the following appellate cause numbers: 10-15-00025-
CR, 10-15-00027-CR, and 10-15-00047-CR through 10-15-00054-CR.
2We also note that appellant is still represented by counsel, and the record does not demonstrate
that appellant’s trial counsel has filed a motion to withdraw in the trial court or that he has been removed
as appellant’s attorney in some other fashion. Moreover, appellant’s pro se notices of appeal do not
appear to have been served on his trial counsel. The Court of Criminal Appeals has held that a party
represented by counsel is not entitled to hybrid representation. See Ex parte Bohannan, 350 S.W.3d 116, n.1
(Tex. Crim. App. 2011) (noting that the court disregarded and took no action on applicant’s pro se
submissions because he was represented by counsel); see also Ex parte Taylor, 36 S.W.3d 883, 887 (Tex.
Crim. App. 2001).
3
A motion for rehearing may be filed within fifteen days after the judgment or order of this
Court is rendered. TEX. R. APP. P. 49.1. If the appellant desires to have the decision of this Court
reviewed by the Court of Criminal Appeals, a petition for discretionary review must be filed in the Court
of Criminal Appeals within thirty days after either the day of the court of appeals’ judgment was
rendered or the day the last timely motion for rehearing was overruled by the court of appeals. See id. at
R. 68.2(a).
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AL SCOGGINS
Justice
Before Chief Justice Gray,
Justice Davis, and
Justice Scoggins
Appeals dismissed
Opinion delivered and filed March 19, 2015
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