Order entered August 20, 2018
In The
Court of Appeals
Fifth District of Texas at Dallas
No. 05-17-01177-CR
No. 05-17-01178-CR
RAYMON STEFFANI LAWRENCE, Appellant
V.
THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee
On Appeal from the 291st Judicial District Court
Dallas County, Texas
Trial Court Cause Nos. F16-20873-U, F17-00600-U
ORDER
Before the Court is appellant’s August 16, 2018 request for a copy of the record in order
to file a pro se response to counsel’s Anders brief. The Court notes problems with the clerk’s
records filed in these cases.
By order entered December 8, 2017, the Court ordered the Dallas County District Clerk
to supplement the clerk’s record in cause no. 05-17-01178-CR (trial court cause no. F17-00600-
U) with copies of the jury charge and judgment of conviction. On December 21, 2017, the
district clerk filed a supplemental clerk’s record containing the jury charge. The supplemental
clerk’s record did not contain the judgment of conviction. Furthermore, in reviewing the records
filed in these cases, the Court notes that the certifications of appellant’s right to appeal were not
signed by the trial court.
Accordingly, we ORDER the trial court to prepare for inclusion in supplemental clerk’s
records, within TEN DAYS of the date of this order, new certifications of the right to appeal that
bear the signature of the trial court.
We ORDER the Dallas County District Clerk to file, within FOURTEEN DAYS of the
date of this order, supplemental clerk’s records in these cases containing the judgment of
conviction in cause no. 05-17-01178-CR and the trial court’s new certifications of the right to
appeal.
The Court GRANTS appellant’s request to review the record and file a pro se response.
We ORDER counsel Lawrence B. Mitchell to send appellant copies of the clerk’s and reporter’s
records, including the supplemental clerk’s records ordered herein, and to provide this Court,
within TWENTY-ONE DAYS of the date of this order, with written verification that the records
have been sent to appellant.
Appellant’s pro se response to the Anders brief is due by October 17, 2018. If appellant
does not file a pro se response by October 17, 2018, the appeal will be submitted upon the brief
of counsel.
We DIRECT the Clerk to send a copy of this order, by electronic transmission, to the
Honorable Stephanie Mitchell, Presiding Judge, 291st Judicial District Court; to Felicia Pitre,
Dallas County District Clerk; to Lawrence B. Mitchell, counsel for appellant; and to counsel for
the State.
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We further DIRECT the Clerk to send a copy of this order, by first-class mail, to
Raymon Stefani Lawrence, TDCJ No. 02164511, Clemons Unit, 11034 Hwy 36, Brazoria, Texas
77422.
/s/ CRAIG STODDART
JUSTICE
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Raymon Steffani Lawrence v. State
Combined Opinion