MEMORANDUM OPINION
No. 04-11-00258-CR
IN RE LIONEL HATCHETT
Original Mandamus Proceeding 1
PER CURIAM
Sitting: Sandee Bryan Marion, Justice
Rebecca Simmons, Justice
Marialyn Barnard, Justice
Delivered and Filed: April 20, 2011
PETITION FOR WRIT OF MANDAMUS DENIED
On April 5, 2011, relator Lionel Hatchett filed a motion for leave to file a petition for writ
of mandamus and a petition for writ of mandamus, complaining of the trial court’s failure to rule
on various pro se motions. No leave is required to file a petition for writ of mandamus, therefore
we deny the motion for leave to file as moot. 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 pro se motions or petitions filed with regard to a criminal
proceeding in which the defendant is represented by counsel. See Robinson, 240 S.W.3d at 922.
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This proceeding arises out of Cause No. 2010-CR-5466, styled The State of Texas v. Lionel Hatchett,
pending in the 399th Judicial District Court, Bexar County, Texas, the Honorable Juanita A. Vasquez-Gardner
presiding.
04-11-00258-CR
Consequently, the trial court did not abuse its discretion by declining to rule on relator’s pro se
motions filed in the criminal proceeding pending in the trial court. Accordingly, the petition for
writ of mandamus is denied. TEX. R. APP. P. 52.8(a).
PER CURIAM
DO NOT PUBLISH
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