TEXAS COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS

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CASE NO.

WR-83,719-01

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IN RE STATE OF TEXAS EX REL. ABELINO REYNA

Relator

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Trial Cause No. 2015-1955-2 In the 54 District Court, McLennan County

th Honorable Matt Johnson, Presiding

Appellate Cause No. 10-14-00235-CR 10 Court of Appeals th
Waco, Texas

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EMERGENT MOTION BY REAL-PART-IN-INTEREST MATTHEW

ALAN CLENDENNEN TO VACATE STAY BASED ON RELATOR’S

UNCLEAN HANDS

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F. CLINTON BRODEN

TX Bar No. 24001495 Broden, Mickelsen, Helms & Snipes, LLP

2600 State Street Dallas, Texas 75204 (214) 720-9552 (214) 720-9594(facsimile)

Attorney for Matthew Alan Clendennen WR-83, 719-01
COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS

AUSTIN, TEXAS Transmitted 9/21/2015 10:12:28 AM Accepted 9/21/2015 10:51:49 AM

ABEL ACOSTA CLERKI

On Aug us t 7, 20 15

, th e Ten th Co ur t of App eal s en te red it s un an im ou s op in io n

co nd it io na ll y gr an ti ng a W rit of Man da m us in th is cas e in th e ev en t th e Dis tri ct Co ur t

di d n ot wit hd raw i ts un co ns ti tu ti on al ga g o rd er b y Aug us t 1 4, 2 01 5.

On Aug us t 13

, 20 15 an d up on Rel at or ’s op po se d m ot io n, th is Co ur t st ay ed th e

Co ur t of App eal s’ W rit of Man da m us an d or de red th e pa rti es to br ie f th ree qu es ti on s.

Afte r th e fil in g of th e br ie fs in th is c a s e , R el at or ha s co nt in ue d to vi ol at e th e

ve ry ga g or de r he req ue st ed th is C o u r t t o co ns id er in hi s Pet it io n fo r W rit of

Man da m us to th is Co ur t.

II

“ Man da m us is an ex tra or di na ry rem ed y , no t is su ed as a m at te r of rig ht

, bu t at

th e di sc ret io n of th e co ur t. Alt ho ug h m an da m us is no t an eq ui t a b l e rem ed y , it s

is su an ce i s la rg el y co nt ro ll ed by eq ui ta bl e pr in ci pl es .” Rive rf ro nt Ass oc ia te s v.

Ri v e r a , 85 8 S.W .2d 36 6, 36 7 (Tex

. 19 93 ). In de ed

, th is Co ur t ha s no te d th at

“ eq ui ta bl e pr in ci pl es are ne ces sa ril y in vo lv ed whe n we co ns id er whe th er m an da m us

sh ou ld is su e.” Smi th v. Fla ck , 72 8 S .W .2d 78 4, 7 92 (Tex . Cr. App .19 87 ).

Of co ur se , it is al so well se tt le d th at “ a pa rty se ek in g an eq ui ta bl e rem ed y m us t

do eq ui ty an d co m e to co ur t wit h cl ean ha nd s.” Ci ty of Fred er ic ks bu rg v. Bop p , 12 6

S.W .3d 21 8, 22 0 (Tex

. App

. – San Ant on io 20 03 ). In fact

, th e la w reco gn iz es th at

2“ th e do ct rin e of un cl ean ha nd s ap pl ie s to a li ti ga nt who se own co nd uc t in co nn ect io n

wit h th e sa m e m at te r or tra ns act io n ha s be en u n c o n s c ie nt io us , un jus t, m ark ed by a

wan t of go od fai th or vi ol at es th e pr in ci pl es of eq ui ty an d rig ht eo us de al in g.” Id

. at

22 1. 1

In su m , “ Tex as co ur ts ha ve he ld th at

, be cau se m an da m us is go ve rn ed to so m e

ex te nt by eq ui ta bl e pr in ci pl es , a pa rty th at co m es be fo re th e co ur t wit h un cl ean ha nd s

is no t enti tle d to is su an ce of a w ri t o f m an da m us .” In re Si mon Pro pe rt y

(Del aw ar e), In c. 98 5 S.W .2d 21 2, 21 5 (Tex

. App
.– Co rp us Ch ris ti 19 99 ) (em ph as is

ad de d)

, ci ti ng , Axel

so n, In c. v. McIl ha ny , 79 8 S .W .2d 55 0, 5 52 n. 2 (Tex .19 90 ).

II I

It ap pe ars th at

, on Sep te m be r 18

, 20 15

, Rel at or , Abe li no Reyna, ag ai n vi ol at ed

th e ve ry ga g or de r he is as ki ng th is Co ur t to up ho ld

. In de ed

, KW TX News in W aco ,

Tex as rep or te d:

McLen na n Co un ty Dis tri ct Att or ne y Abe l Reyna, in a bri ef st at ement

,

sa id “ so m eo ne vi ol at ed th ei r et hi cal an d le ga l ob li ga ti on s” in m ak in g th e

m at eri al av ai la bl e to AP.

“ Our fo cu s in th e Twin Peak s m at te r wil l rem ai n on th e fact s an d th e la w

an d n ot it ,” he sai d.

See also Olmstead v . United States , 277 U.S. 438, 483–484 (1928) (B rande is, J

. 1 dissenting) (Reg arding unclea n hands: “The court' s aid is denied only when he who see ks it has
violated the law in c onnection with the ver y transac tion as to which he see ks leg al re dress” ).

3Att ach m en t A h eret o (e m ph as is ad de d)

. 2

Mr. Cl en de nnen ag rees th at

, if it wa s a de fe ns e at to rn ey who rel eas ed di sc ov ery

m at eri al s to th e AP, th at at to rn e y m ay ve ry well ha ve vi ol at ed hi s/ he r “ et hi cal an d

l e ga l ob li ga ti on s.” On th e ot he r ha nd

, Mr. Cl en de nn en st ro ng ly di sa gr ees th a t 3

Rel at or Reyna’s fo cu s ha s be e n o n t h e “fac ts an d th e la w” of th is cas e an d su bm it s

th at Rel at or ha s fu ll y co nt rib ut ed to “ th e rid ic ul ou sn es s th at is oc cu rri ng al l aro un d”

th e cas e.

IV

Mr. Cl en de nn en co nt in ue s to su bm it th at wha t ha s oc cu r r e d an d wha t is

oc cu rri ng in rel at io n to th e ga g or de r is ve ry tra ns pa ren t to ev en th e cas ua l ob se rv er.

Im m ed ia te ly aft er th e May 17

, 20 15 in ci de nt

, Rel at or , pe rs on al ly, al on g wit h ot he r

st at e act o rs so ug ht to fil l th e pu bl ic ’s m in d wit h pi ct ur es of ro vi ng “ ou tl aw bi ke r

ga ng s” a n d

, o nl y whe n th ey be li ev ed th at th ey su ffi ci en tl y acco m pl is he d th at ta sk

,

Rel at or req ue st ed a ga g or de r. Bu t it se em s li ke ev en th at is no t en ou gh fo r Rel at or

.

This is not t he first time Relator Rey na has violate d the g ag order he see ks this C ourt to 2

enfor ce using equitable pr inciples. On or a bout J uly 8, 2015, Mr. Rey

na g ave a press intervie w discussing the selec tion of the g rand jury fore person f

or the g rand jury

that could possibly
consider Mr . Clendennen’ s case

. See Appendix 1 to M r. Clendenne n’s September 14, 2015
brief. D uring that interview, Mr . Ry na told the media: “T hat’s the sy stem. He wa s chosen totally

at ra ndom, like. the law say s.”

Of c ourse, the pe rson who re lease d the mater ial may very well be a conscie ntious 3

whistleblower f

rom Relator’s ow n office or fr om a law e nforc ement ag ency associate d with the

case

.

4Rel at or ap pa ren tl y be li ev ed he w a s c r e at in g a si tu at io n whe re Mr. Cl en de nn en an d

hi s at to rn ey s were de ni ed th ei r free sp eech rig ht s un de r th e Uni te d St at es an d Tex as

Co ns ti tu ti on s b ut he was fr ee t o c on ti nu e to m ak e st at em en ts to th e p res s.

As ex pl ai ne d in Mr. Cl en de nn en ’s Sep te m be r 14

, 20 15 br ie f, th e ru li ng by th e

W aco Co ur t of App eal s was no t an ab us e of di sc ret io n fo r se ve ral reas on s. Fi rs t, th e

di st ric t co ur t d id no t h av e juri sd ic ti on to en te r th e g ag or de r. Seco nd , t he re was no

“ im m in en t or irr ep arab le ha rm ” or ev en a “ su bs ta nt ia l li ke li ho od of pr ejud ic e” to

ju st ify th e ex tra or di na ry br oa d ga g or de r. Thi rd

, th ere was no in di cat io n t h a t t h e

Dis tri ct Co ur t i n t h is cas e co ns id ered an y le ss res tri ct iv e m ean s of pr es erv in g th e

rig ht s to a fai r tri al
- a tri al th a t w o u l d b e at le as t a y ear in th e fu tu re- in st ead of

im po si ng bl an ke t res tri ct io ns on free sp eech rig ht s. Fo ur th

, a ga g o r d e r i n a cas e

in vo lv in g 17 7 de fen da nt s in di ffer en t co ur ts

, in vo lv in g rel at ed ci vi l li ti ga ti on in st at e

a nd fed eral co ur t, an d in vo lv in g jud ge s who gi ve th ei r own pr es s in te rv ie w s i s

un wor ka bl e as a pr act ic al m at te r.

To co m po un d al l of th is

, it is no w ab un da nt ly cl ear th at Rel at or co m es to th is

Co ur t wit h un cl ean ha nd s. Mr. Cl en de nn en ha s be en de ni ed hi s free sp eech rig ht s fo r

m or e th an two mon th s an d Rel at or ha s su ccee de d in pe rs ua di ng th is Co ur t to is su e

a st ay an d th ereb y co nt in ue th e de ni al of su ch rig ht s whi le

, at th e sa m e ti m e, Rel at or

go es rig ht on m ak in g st at em en ts to th e m ed ia

. Fo r th at reas on al on e, Mr. Cl en de nn en

5su bm it s th at th e st ay is su ed by th is Co ur t was im pr ov id en tl y gr an te d an d req ue st s th e

Co ur t t o d is so lv e th e st ay as s oo n a s p ract ic al

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