In The
Court of Appeals
Sixth Appellate District of Texas at Texarkana
No. 06-15-00031-CR
CHARLES FRANCIS WILLIAMS, Appellant
V.
THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee
On Appeal from the 354th District Court
Hunt County, Texas
Trial Court No. 30,068
Before Morriss, C.J., Moseley and Burgess, JJ.
ORDER
Our review of the court reporter’s record and clerk’s record in this case indicates that both
such records contain “sensitive data” as that phrase is defined in Rule 9.10 of the Texas Rules of
Appellate Procedure. See TEX. R. APP. P. 9.10(a). Sensitive data includes “a driver’s license
number, passport number, social security number, tax identification number or similar
government-issued personal identification number,” as well as “a birth date, a home address, and
the name of any person who was a minor at the time the offense was committed.” TEX. R. APP. P.
9.10(a)(1), (3). The clerk’s record includes government-issued personal identification numbers,
and volume eight of the reporter’s record includes the names of persons who were minors at the
time the offense was committed. Rule 9.10(b) states, “Unless a court orders otherwise, an
electronic or paper filing with the court, including the contents of any appendices, must not contain
sensitive data.” TEX. R. APP. P. 9.10(b).
Rule 9.10(f) provides, “A court may also order that a document be filed under seal in paper
form or electronic form, without redaction.” TEX. R. APP. P. 9.10(f). Therefore, because the
appellate record contains sensitive data, we order the clerk of this Court or her appointee, in
accordance with Rule 9.10(f), to seal volume eight of the electronically filed reporter’s record and
the entirety of the electronically filed clerk’s record in this case.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
BY THE COURT
Date: November 5, 2015
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Charles Francis Williams v. State
Combined Opinion