WR-86,973-03
COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS
AUSTIN, TEXAS
Transmitted 10/10/2017 9:27 AM
Accepted 10/10/2017 1:10 PM
Court of Criminal Appeals Cause No. WR-86,973-03 DEANA WILLIAMSON
CLERK
RECEIVED
IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS
COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS 10/10/2017
DEANA WILLIAMSON, CLERK
OF TEXAS
EX PARTE
ADAM REPOSA,
APPLICANT
On a Judgement of Criminal Contempt
in cause number C-1-CR-17-100018
in the County Court at Law No. 5
of Travis County, Texas
APPLICANT'S RESPONSE TO STATE’S FIRST AMENDED RESPONSE
OPPOSING EMERGENCY MOTION FOR STAY AND/OR MOTION FOR
BOND PENDING THE FILING OF WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS
Submitted by:
Carissa L. Beene
SBN: 24071967
215 W. University Avenue
Georgetown, TX 78626
512-850-0555
512-354-7416 (fax)
cbeene@defendtx.com
TO THE HONORABLE JUDGES OF THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS:
COMES NOW, Adam Reposa, Applicant, by and through Carissa L. Beene, his attorney
of record, and files this Applicant's Emergency Motion for Stay and/or Motion for Bond Pending
the Filing of Writ of Habeas Corpus, and would respectfully show the Court the following:
I.
1. State contends this court has no jurisdiction to grant bond pending the filing of a Writ of
Habeas Corpus. The motion filed by Applicant is the same mechanism used and granted
by this court in Cause no. AP-69,745-01.
2. Applicant is currently being detained in solitary confinement at the Travis County jail.
Applicant was placed in deplorable conditions without running water. On October 9, 2017,
Attorneys for Applicant were forced to speak to Applicant through a closed door.
Applicant has been segregated since being booked in on October 6, 2017.
3. Applicant, Adam Reposa, an Attorney, was never given a bond during the course of the
contempt proceedings pursuant to TEX. GOV’T CODE sec. 21.002(d).
4. Applicant maintains that the procedure for this contempt proceeding, from its inception
with the filing of a charging instrument entitled “Allegations of Contempt” by Hon. Nancy
Hohengarten through the unified trial on the merits where Applicant’s right to a jury were
denied, do not comport with Due Process.
5. On September 20, 2017, Hon. Paul Davis filed an Order committing Applicant to six
months incarceration at the Travis County jail on each of the five allegations. The
sentence was to be served day-for-day. Applicant was not sentenced in open court in
compliance with TEX. CRIM. PRO. Art. 41.12 nor able to exercise his right to give reasons
to prevent sentence and object to sentence. See TEX. CRIM. PRO. Art. 42.07.
6. October 2, 2017, hearing on Motion to Release on Personal Recognizance Bond or
Alternatively Reasonable Appeal Bond in front of Hon. Paul Davis. Applicant appeared
through counsel. Procedures for obtaining bond in Travis County are commonly achieved
ex parte without the defendant present; only in rare circumstances is a formal hearing held
with all parties present. Applicant requested a ruling based on submitted filings. Hon. Paul
Davis denied all bond reasoning that he did not have the authority to grant bond.
7. October 2, 2017, Applicant filed a Motion for Leave to file Writ of Habeas Corpus in the
368th District Court of Williamson County. Hon. Rick Kennon granted the motion and
signed a personal recognizance bond. The bond has not been honored.
8. October 3, 2017, Motion for Rehearing on Pre-Trial Application for Writ of Habeas
Corpus. Applicant appeared through counsel. Applicant’s presence was not required.
9. October 4, 2017, Hon. Tamera Needles, Presiding Judge of the 427th District Court called
Attorney for Applicant and Travis County District Attorneys Keith Henneke and Don
Clemmer in to her court to discuss the issue of bond. This was not a set hearing nor was
Applicant’s presence requested. Hon. Tamera Needles informed all parties that she would
sign a bond if/when Applicant was in custody.
10. October 7, 2017, an attorney approached Hon. Tamera Needles to sign a bond for
Applicant, who was then in custody. Hon. Tamera Needles granted a bond, the state
having been previously heard. The bond has not been honored.
The Hon. Rick Kennon of the 368th District Court of Williamson County and Hon.
Tamera Needles of the 427th District Court of Travis County have considered all of the facts and
decided to grant Applicant bond. The grant of bond is binding and is not being followed by the
Travis County Sheriff’s Office. Consequently, Applicant is currently being detained unlawfully
and in solitary confinement.
Therefore, in order to maintain the status quo ante and to ensure that Applicant's request
for relief is not rendered moot, Applicant respectfully requests that this Court, as it sees fit, either
stay the execution of the judgment of contempt, set a bond for Mr. Reposa, or both pending the
outcome of the writ proceedings. In the event that this Court sets a bond, Applicant also requests
that this Court grant him release on personal bond, as an officer of the court, with promise to
appear at all court proceedings. In the event that Applicant is not successful in ultimately
obtaining relief, there will be time enough to serve his sentence at a later date.
WHEREFORE, PREMISES CONSIDERED, Applicant respectfully moves this court to
stay the judgment of contempt in the court below and/or set a bond, and to grant personal bond
pending future habeas proceedings.
Respectfully submitted,
____________________________________
Carissa Beene
Attorney for Applicant
SBN: 24071967
215 W. University Ave.
Georgetown, TX 78626
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
This is to certify that a true and correct copy of the foregoing Applicant’s Response to State’s
First Amended Response Opposing Emergency Motion for Stay and/or Motion for Bond pending
the filing of Writ of Habeas Corpus was served upon the attorney for the State on October 10,
2017.
____________________________________
Carissa Beene
Reposa, Adam
Combined Opinion