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I N RE: RON J ASON DUNN

Orig inal Mandamus Proce eding

B e f o r e M o r r i s s , C
. J. , C a

rt e r an d M o s e l e y , JJ. Memorandum Opinion by J ustice Carte rFor the purpose of

consideringDunn' s petition, we t ak e j u dicial notice of our ea rlier 1 opinions sty led Ron Ja s on Dunn v. The State of Texas un de r c a us e numbe rs 06 -0 3- 00 01 7- CR, 06-03-00018- CR, 06-03-00019-CR, and 0 6
- 0 3 -00020-CR. Opinions in each of the four c ases issued October 31, 2003, and af

firmed his seve ral c onvictions out of t he Eighth J udicial Dis trict Court. Our rec ords show that Dun n did not file a petition for discr etionary revie w with the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals. See Tur ne r v . S tate , 733 S.W .2d 218, 223 (Tex. Crim. App. 1987) (holding that "an ap p el l at e c o u rt m ay

t ak e j u d i ci al n o t i ce o f i t s o wn re co rd s i n t h e s a m e o r r el at edp ro ce ed i n gs involving same or nea

rly same pa rties" ). 2 MEMORANDUM OPI

NI ON Ron J ason Dunn ha s filed with this Court hi s petition for writ of manda mus asking this Court to compel the Eig hth J udicial District Cou rt of Hopkins County to provide him the cler

k' s and repor ter' s re co rds of his t rial in which he was c onvicted of se vera l counts of ag g ravated sexual assault of a child and sentenced to life i mprisonment. He seeks t he re cords so that he can pr epar e 1 his application for writ of habe as cor pus pursuant to Article 11.07 o f t h e Texas Code of Criminal Procedur e. See T EX . C ODE C R IM . P R OC . ANN . art. 11.07 (V ernon Supp. 2007). Dunn c ite s Tuc k

v . S tate , 215 S.W .3d 411 (Tex. Crim. App. 2007), to support his contention that the trial court must provide him a fr ee r ecor d. Tuck deals with the fr ee r ecor d on direc t appea l of a c onviction, where as Dunn see ks a re cord of prior proc eeding s in order to "a dequate ly prepa re" his application for writ of habe as cor pus. See id. at 414. Tuck h o ld s th a t a d e f e n d an t m u s t uti li ze a two-step pr ocess to obtain indig ent s t at u s an d rec eive a fre e appe llate re cord: 1) the defe ndant
mus t ma ke a pr ima fa c ie sh ow ing of ind ig e nc e , an d 2) onc e a pr ima fa c ie sh ow ingis m a de , th e State then ca rries the burden to r efute this showing and prove the defe ndant is not indige nt. See id. at 415.3

An indige nt criminal defe ndant is not, however , entitled—either a s a matter of equal protec tion, or of due pr ocess—to a f ree reco rd o f p ri o r proceeding s for use in pur suing post-conviction habe as cor pus relief
. United St ates v. Mac Collom , 426 U.S. 317, 322–23 (1976); In re Trev ino , 79 S.W. 3d 79 4, 79 6 (T e x. Ap p. —Co rp us Chr ist i 20 02 , o ri g . p ro c e e din g ); Escobar v. Sta te , 880 S.W .2d 782, 783 (Tex. App.—Houston [1st Dist.] 1993, order ). To obtain a f ree rec ord for use in a habe as proc eeding , a re lator must show that the habe as ac tion is not frivolous by making a spec ific showingof the issues to be r aised in the ha beas pr ocee ding a

nd a s p ec i fi c n ee d for the
rec ord to demonstrate the rig ht to habea s relief , including de monstrating his or he r inability to pay for a rec ord. See In re Coronado , 9 8 0 S
. W
. 2 d 6 9 1 , 6 9 3 (T ex . Ap p . — S an An t o n i o 1 9 9 8 , o ri g. pr oc e e din g ); Eu ba nk

s v . M ull in , 9 0 9 S
. W
. 2 d

5 7 4 , 5 7 6

– 7 7 (T ex . Ap p . — Fo rt W o rt h1 9 9 5 , o ri g. pr oc e e din g ); Escobar , 880 S.W .2d at 783. Mandamus will issue only to corr ect a clea r abuse of di scre tion or violation of a duty imposed by law whe n that abuse c annot be r emedied by appea l. W

alker v . Pack

er , 8 2 7 S. W. 2 d

8 3 3 , 8 4 0 ( T e x. 1992) (or ig. pr ocee ding)
. Her e, Dunn has provided the Court with nothing to show that his habea s action is not frivolous and nothi ng to show a specific need for the rec ord. In fac t, he has provide d the Court w ith no copies of any document that shows he is entitled to the reque sted relief
. See T EX . R. A PP . P. 52.3(j) (re quiring relator to provide the cour t with an appendix including " a ce rtified or sworn copy

of any order complained of

or any other doc ument showing the matter complained of ")
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Dunn ha s f a ile d to de mon str a te tha

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be a s c or pu s. Acc ording ly , we de ny

Dunn' s petition for writ of manda mus. SeeT EX . R. A PP . P. 52.8(a).

J ack Ca rter J ustice Date Submitted: J anuar y 23, 2008 Date D ecide d: J anuar y 24, 2008