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2eptember 2, 2015
ASEL ACOSTA, CLERK
TEXAS COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS
OFFICE OF THE CLERK
P.O. Box12308, Capitol Station
Austin, Texas 78711
In· re: Ex parte Jo'seph Johnson, Jr. Trial Court No. 1234108
To the Hon. Abel Acosta,
Enclosed please find for fil±ng and action my "Writ of Manda-
mus'' filed wh~re the county Clerk has apparently not forwarded
my Writ as Law requires from the letter I received from your office
Sept. 1, 2015. As I received my copy of the States Answer back in
July. I just assumed a copy was being sent to the Court of Criminal
Appeals, though ili~th the issue of corruption and alter documenta:~
tion by the Harris County judicial officials I can understand the
reason for not forwarding the Writ.
I ask that you please notify myself up receipt and filing of
this action.
Jo~6aNs 7~R. 1758171
C. T. Terrell
1300 FM655
Roshaion, Texas 77583
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TEXAS COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS
AUSTIN, TEXAS
EX PARTE §
JOSEPH JOHNSON, JR., § WRIT NO.
Petitioner §
WRIT OF MANDAMUS
BEFORE THE COURT:
C0 ME S N0 W JO S E P H J 0 HNS 0 N , J R . , Pe t i t i o n e r · p r o s e , a n d f i l e s
this his "Writ of Mandamus" in the· above styled cause where the
County of conviction has refused, pursuant to Notice from the
Clerk of the Court, to forward Petitioner's Art. 11.07 Writ of
Habeas Corpus to the Court. Pursuant to a letter from Brenda
McNeal, Deputy Clerk of Harris County, Texas, Petitioner's Writ
was received June 8, 2015, although Petiticrner had filed/mailed
it in mid May, 2015. Trial Court NO. 12341 08-B
On July 13, 2015, Petitioner received trhe "Stat~'s Answer
and Order'' to which h~ immediately filed a rebuttal. On July 14,
2015, Petitioner received a signed copy of same showing that Judge
Kroeker had signed off on the "State's Proposed Finding's of Facts
Co nc l u s i o n s o f L a w , a n d 0 r d e r " J u l y 6 , 2 0 1 5 . If this was the case
then Petitioner's Writ of Habeas Corpus should have arrived in
the Office of the Cle~k of the Court of Criminal Appeals at or
about the same time as Petitioner received his copy ..
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On August 16, 2015, having received No· Notice by "White Card"
that the Writ had been received and filed for review on the new
issues of Constitutional violation, Petitioner forwarded a letter
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to Abel Acosta, Clerk, on the matter. On August 25, 2015, Mr.
Acosta returned a reply letter to Petitioner which he received
on September 1, 2015, stating his office has NO record of having
ever receiv~d said Writ. As of the preparation of this document it
has now been 87 days, 52 days longer than allowed ~y Law, since
the county received Petitioner's Writ.
WHEREFORE; Petitioner would so pray this Honorable Court to
GRANT him his Writ and enter an Order for the Clerk of the Court
to Notify the Clerk of the Harris County District Clerk's Office
to forward Petitioner's Art. 11.07 Writ of Habeas Corpus and all
Court documents to the Court of Criminal Appeals for review of
the issues"post haste.
Further Petitioner prayeth not.
Respectfully submitted,
UNSWORN DECLARATION
I, Joseph Johnson, Jr., TDCJ No. 1758171, being pr~sently
restrain~d of my liberty ~n violation of 18 USC §241, at the C.T.
Terrell unit located at 1300 FM 655, Rosharon, Texas 77583 in
Brazoria County, declares under penalty of perjury thta the fore-
going document is true and correct toithe best of my knowledge.
Signed this the _,_.-~~~·--~---- day of September, 2015.
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