CHRIS DANIEL
RECEIVED IN
Harris County District Clerk
COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS
DEC 08 2015
December 1, 2015
PATRICK F. MCCAIN
ATTORNEY OF RECORD Abel Acosta, Clerk
909 TEXAS AVENUE #205
HOUSTON TX 77002
Defendant's Name: WILLIAM MICHAEL MASON
Cause No: 0620074
Court: 228TH DISTRICT COURT
Please note the following appeal updates on the above mentioned causer
Notice of Appeal Filed Date: 11/19/15
Sentence Imposed Date: 11/19/15 FILED IN
Court of Appeals Assignment: Court of Criminal Appeals COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS
Appeal Attorney of Record: PATRICK F. MCCAIN
DEC 08 2015
Abel Acosta, Clerk
Sincerj
Criminal Post Trial Deputy
CC: Devon Anderson
District Attorney
Appellate Division
Harris County, Texas
LISA MILLS (DELIVERED VIA E-MAIL)
MATTIE KIMBLE (DELIVERED VIA E - MAIL)
This is your notice to inform any and all substitute reporters in this cause.
1201 Franklin P.O. Box 4651 Houston, Texas 77210-4651
Cause No. 0620074
THE STATE OF TEXAS
MASON, WILLIAM MICHAEL, A/K/A/
V.
T>idDto~ 1/
228 District Court / County Criminal Court at Law No.
Harris County, Texas
Notice of Appeal
TO THE HONORABLE JUDGE OF SAID COURT:
On. ////?//£• (date), the defendant in the above numbered and styled cause gives
Notice of Appeal of his conviction.
The undersigned attorney (check appropriate box):
"la. MOVES to withdraw.
a ADVISES the court that he will CONTINUE to represent
Date
ZLM+ L5. Attorney
Wi l.^ *va ^I^h A£ l_ YAa^o kj CJctr:
Defendant (Printed name) Attorney (Printed name)
Chris Daniel State Bar Number
District Clerk
NOV \ 9 2015 Address
ress
Time
Cl^\ W^* CD&CL
By__——'—Depuw
Teleph
phone Number
The defendant (check all that apply):
5s(" REPRESENTS to the court that he is presently INDIGENT and ASKS the court to immediately APPOINT
' appellate counsel to represent him.
y( ASKS the Court to ORDER that a free record be provided to him.
a ASKS the court to set bail.
Accordingly, Appellant ASKS the Court to conduct a hearing, make findings, and enter an Order
Granting the requested relief.
'Defendant (Signature) Defendant's Printed name
SWORN TO AND SUBSCRIBED BEFORE ME ON
By Deputy District Clerk of Harris County, Texas J*t=±
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Order
On | (W » /^ the Court conducted ahearing and FINDS that defendant /appellant
• ISNOT indigent at this time.
ipf IS indigent for the purpose of
uO employing counsel
Spaying for a clerk's and court reporter's record,
^employing counsel or paying for a clerk's and court reporter's record.
The Court ORDERS that
Ul^ Counsel's motion to withdraw is G»(ant);d / DENIED.
• Defendant / appellant's motion (to be found indigent) is DENIED.
iff Defendant's / appellant's motion is GRANTED and
jrf "pft/flglCf^ )McCAMM (attorney's name &bar card number)
is APPOINTED to represent defendant / appellant on appeal.
\Sa The COURT REPORTER is ORDERED to prepare and file the reporter's record without charge to
defendant / appellant.
Bail is:
• SET at $
• To CONTINUE as presently set.
L^a^^DENIED and is SET at No BOND. (Felon
Date signed: //WWtr
Judge Presiding/
7J2& District Court ,
county crimini
Harris County
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^6 Cause No. 0620074
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The State of Texas IN THE DISTRICT COURT
v. County Criminal Court at Law No.
MASON, WILLIAM MICHAEL Harris County, Texas
Defendant
Trial Court's Certification of Defendant's Right of Appeal*
I, judge of the trial court, certify this criminal case:
12 is not a plea-bargain case, and the defendant has the right of appeal, [or]
| | is a plea-bargain case, but matters were raised by written motion filed and ruled on before trial, and
not withdrawn or waived, and the defendant has the right of appeal, [or]
I | is a plea-bargain case, but the trial court has given permission to appeal, and the defendant has the
right of appeal, [or]
I | is a plea-bargain case, and the defendant has NO right of appeal, [or]
the/defendant has^aived the right^of appeal.
Judge Date Signed
I have received a copy of this certification. I/have also been informed of my rights concerning any appeal of
this criminal case, including any rigHt to file ypro se petition for discretionary review pursuant to Rule 68 of the
Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure.U haye been admonished that my attorney must mail a copy of the court of
appeals's judgment and opinion to myTast known address and that I have only 30 days in which to file apro se
petition for discretionary review in the court of appeals. Tex. R. App. P. 68.2 I acknowledge that, if I wish to
appeal this case and if I am entitled to do so, it is my duty to inform my appellate attorney, by written
communication, of any change in the address at which I am currently living or any change in my current prison
unit. I understand that, because of appellate deadlines, if I fail to timely inform my appellate attorney of any
change in my address, I may lose the opportunity to file apro se petition for discretionary review.
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Defendant Defendant's Counsel
Mailing Address: tate Bar of Texas ID number: cn$i2>.,_£_-_,
Assessed [ytZs^l (T
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Amount of
Appeal Bond_ 0O
Appellant *•
Confined: Yes l"^No
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Date Submitted . ^ ^
To Appeal Section \\'~~lP'--V5
Deputy Clerk_ J*$
THI STATE OF TEXAS
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PurtlStMUOUl Death
The Defendant having bom Indicted in tho above entitled and metered »« f«r is. #.,„«.
naneo above, and both parties announced ready for trial. <-, ,
ifl*e^ied^c££n?' Ttl^4S&idiv^iSL^ O^r^g**" •» ••»•*-. S
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not guilty ujJtT^^tJTVrr^T^L.^?
thereto, after having heard theI*°9 *° "*eutelttedi
evidence JUnr «nd *"•
and^'•"oont, entered
havina been rfun^a pleo
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counsel, the Jurr retired in charge of the proper officer and resumed into open eotrtcn u„ e=>
[en wo9 receive? Vf tne court one , the following verdict,
ana la here enterea or record* upon nuteei en <
"We, the Jury, find the defendant, William Michael Mason, guilty
of capital murder, as charged in the indictment."
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SPECIAL ISSUE NO. 1 c
Was the conduct of the defendant, William Michael Mason, that caused the c
death of the dpmwprt oocmitted deliberately and with the reasonable expectation
that the death of the dwopftsed or another would result? '
ANSWER
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We, the jury, unanimously find and determine beyond a reasonable doubt that
tt the answer to this Special Issue is "Yes." M/ Christine P. Kunkel
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SPECIAL ISSUE NO. 2 FOREMAN CR FORELADY OF THE JURY
Is there a probabiUty that the defendant, William Micheal Mason, would
commit criminal acts of violence that would constitute a continuing threat
to society?
ANSWER
We, the jury, unanimously find and deranine beyond a reasonable doubt that
the answer to this Special Issue is "Yes." /s/Christine P. Kunkel
FOREMAN CR PORELADY OF THE JURY
It la therefore considered, ordered, and adjudged by Um Court that 1Kb iMMh.* «.
..Eir Drf2?^ e5??lU? "f aoid 0,f«n»* «" «» *«te lndlooted Oban, and that he bo
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sentence ahould not be "" *'«"*»*«»
pranounc«f osk«landby hath.answered
egotnst hlci, Court whether
nothing he
In had
bar anything
thereof: lo .ay
,!h^,upon *"• Court proceeded, In presence of sold Dofendent to pronounce «.•»,. .^-i
hl» a> follow., to «tt, "It U the order of the Court thot thT P»fe«dont^LT££f 2£ E!
b^n «JJua>d to be guilty of the offense Indleot^ToW^ ^^J^SL^JtZ'^L^
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Signed and entered on thl. the day of MR 16%& „
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HarrtaTbunty, Texas
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