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::l:_~ga.;J.· · c;J091,l~_~n~s : .. f~'l,'J.~I-9N, ,.;FOR MANDAMUS. AND C~URT OF CRIMINAL. 

·APPEALS .HABBAS JURISID~CT:tO,N CODE . OF CRIMINA'L "PR"OCEDURE ART 4 .• 04 . . . i -.-. , ... :. ~.:..: !;.t· ., .. : _., H . . . ·: ·-. ~ . :~ :· . . ',, . ~-':' -~.:~ -

AS WELL AS ITS SUPPO~T.ItJ~ ~XHIBI'r A AND ~. p'f;~AS·E F!t:E .THIS ON . ' ' ,: • ~ !. . ,._ 

the ~arne court DOCKET .. IN TF:J·E· ABOVE·, CAUSE AS THE PEND:E,NG :,HABE;A'S ··-· -~·-'· .... -r. • · ... ·~·-:_~~-~ .... -· . '·: .. \, 

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. MOTION '.· '> .. ·. ' . FOR VENUE .- ,- 1 • 

ALL . . ' OF WHICH • ~ HAVE • ' ~EEN~ILED - ' ' • •• 

PRIOR FOR THIS COURT DOCKET IN T_HE ·.S~AME C~IM_l.:~~A'L "C'A!JSE, NUM:BE·R. 

·,Tfi~:NK YOU FOR :'fOPR ASSISTANCE IN T.8l;S M~N~E~ .• 

SINCERELY, 

DEON DAVIS 

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T-HE STATE. OF TEXAS·· 

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·~ . ; . PETITION: FOR MANDAMUS AND COURT ,OF CRH1INMt 

' ,APPEALS HABEAS. JURISD:I9TION 

CQDE OF CRIMI.NAr,.· PR0CEDURE r\RT 4._p:4. 

+O THE HONQRA~~E J:U:DG~ OF S.AID COURT: I '. 

.c_omes ·Now Deorl pavis .t~e relator in the.- .abo,ve cause num.ber · a_n;p -

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PROCEDURAL HI~TORY 

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20.i.s ' ' t-he. c6ur"f" dock~t ' ' ·: ~ is 1h r~'ce~pt 

the above cause· no I~B 5 I 0\.l- .f) this i·,j' -...=.:.~,.,....,..---=--- ,. '·· ., ,... 

coupt i~ in ·p~ceipt o-f the attacn-ed'' H'aBeas M)pli9ati.on .. in th~ abqve. 

cause nu~ber ~SEE COQRTS DOCKET ~HEET IN TH~~ CAtiS~). 

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SHO~J OF CAUSE 

·:.The- rel~for Deon Davis· moves· this court to EXECUTE ORDER OF .~· . ,. 'f'! 

.,M,ANDAMUS ppoN THE no3# .Judic.ial .District· court of Tarr~n-t. county 

Texas i~ t.~e a~ove caus~ number ,_and Q~der· thi~:J' court to· prp~~C,e ,. 

trial court: reporter'S TRANSCRIPT 'sEE NOW ~f~;LKER 827 S. W .• ~S'l a·t 

8;39" this Tr~~l court has a ministerial duty to act in· pro:vidfng . ,. •' .. 

the Court Repor-ters Transqript of the trial in the instant case. r· . . .. 

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_ ."',/·· In the instant case (SEE EXHIBIT A) the relator Deon Davis· -_,,. 

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. had tr_~e~- repe,atedly to obtain his .trial 'court_ tran_scripts,where 

the trial court alleged that ~he relato'r Deon (oavi~-- h,aq: ent-~r:e.d 

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• . -- C!-' .. plea_ o-~ guilt and received a ~ year imprisonment term and the 

;,~~'0rel_a·t~~--,~eon Davis assert th~t is not faCtual .of the trial. recor,a 

·.:'·-<'c'; :arid hold tha.t in controversy, the facts ·are that during a·-~pretiia·l·· ·_.;; ,. --~~ ... . . . ;; . . . ~ 

he~ring in the instant case in the 3rd Judicial Dis.t-rict-Court '· -~~-~ ..... _ 

-of Tarrant County Texas the relator Qeo~tf.:: D~yis had a .conf',ltc.t:- . . . (, ''i 

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o-f: in'terest with- his tria~ court appointed attorney over hiS.--':~,- -

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attorneys failure to execute a "BIGGERS TEST"· chall:eng'ing~, a ., 

video camera recording of the proximity of tlie Dollar Store t·h'at.' · 

wa:s alleged !-O have be·en Robbed by the -~e~ia·tor ·where this video 

/'\ · r'ec_ot:ding did riot reveal h·r~ iden-tity: bUt instead another perso'n 1 \ . 

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during the conflict of interest with his attorney the-relator 

De.on- Da-~i's made ·a racial slurr towarc1 his attorney ~alling him· ,., .. 

quote"A~~~~~ :'T-RASH SHIT". what -f·ollow4d 'next was' judge .R~bb- cata,ia'ri() 

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then' stated quote· "I. ca:n' ge_t· you:-.- -~ ' • r ' ' • 

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for conte~-P-t··_ ci_f ·.court -~-ig.ger-" the relator, was order to stand -:-~ -:-... "" -.- r· , ·~\ 

"· bef-e>re the,_ )-~-d~-~ Rob,!;> c~·t'a:l kano ·where he was -then ~entenced to.' 

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) ~- year~~.l fo;- wh~t _ h~ the re~a;to~ Deon- Davis thought w·as for. t,>_,,_-;·;. ' • '. j, ·} • • • 1,, ,,·, . . .. 

;,.contempt of court i'n the i-nstant: case. riurlng the sentencing the . . I , , 

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·Judge Robb. Catciqano ordet:ed the CoQr·t. Repo'Jter to "ST_RIKE" the 

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~~qord.~b~.rel~tor Deon Davis while ~n appeal tti~d ~o e~plain 

t-hi.s for adequat_e grol:lnds to raise ·u.pori his app~al,.w]:1~n he 

wrote his A ppea 1 Attorney _..;;B..;..A;.;;R...;R..;..Y;;;.._ __ ...;........__'A;..;...;.;.L.;;.F...;;O..;.R.;.;;D;;-_-4 ~~a:Fry A 1 f o r.d 

' !::'~fused to raise anr ·grounds upon appeal of this ,na~,.ure but' 5.~:-::~~ :;(i 

~ \ . instead filed an ANDERS BRtEF IN TH~ JNSTANT CASE ON APPEAL •, 

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IN THEj: /1 nd c.ot.H\\ PF APPEl\\':> 

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Deon·: Davis could nc;>t adequately prepare his 

brief'absent of his Court Reporters.tr~nscript 

~h·ere the material facts of ho.w the relatore Deon D'avis ob.tained 

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hl,~ sentence and the amount of time of that sentence an.d ·that 

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f~ct that the relator Deon Davis never entered ~~guilty plea 

during sentenc'ing was material facts in the record see now 

A trial court's denial on discovery issue's remedied by Manda~us 

. Able s·up· •. vMoye ,898 s ~w. 2d _ 766., 771-72 ( Tex 1.~95.); In re Hinter long 

109 s .. w.3d 611 633 (Tex.App.-Fort Worth 2oo3,o''rig.proceeding) 

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(holding mand~m~s relief available to compel production ¢f info . ···, .. ·~ . ,. . . • • t, : 

:···~.y:·;.>,:~f~fo~~~'fioh b~c~'use denial. of discover¥:~· pr·eve~t'ed petitfon.er from 

;:'"·.~~ta~ti~;~~~i'f~!g 4.:',p1i~m). ~adi relator·· D~on :oa.\1:.~~~;~ received t·he ·' 

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csn1r-t· ~Report.'ers'.transcr..ipt:; fn-"t-93~-l' i'ri's .. t·c:rn:.t: case he could hav.e , , . : ..• . . ~,;-··,...;.,, '··· ~··..t ... -.·: .. ·• 1~ 

pre.se·n·t~·~·:.t~.i·~, ~Q.~f~·~,: '",lit~. ina't:et;ial fact·s '(from ·~t~e.'~~e·~:·~;~·; whfch: . .' ')··::. i :~~.~·: '-' ·; -~ .. ·~· •. \, • . ., • .;. ...... .• ':' ••. ' .. ; : • 

wi 11 rev.ea:l'·: that he never entere.d a plea .of Gu,il:t an'd nev··~r • • , ... ; '"; '. or :· ' : • . • :; 

re~eived· :a ~ent~nce ~f 25 years but'~i:nstead-"red~i:~~d -a. 14 year ~ ·-· ~.- ·~ : J •• : r..' -· ........ 

sentence 'during ·a· pret'rial hec:fring·: for::;"c.ontempt bf c.our,.t:: ~)ler·~ • .· I· ; ·1 · ,. .. .. ,,, 

i~ st~uctu'~':"llerrcir and Recusal the judge Robb C,~i~~~~o gid . 

use derqgatory language "NIGGER" toward the -r.eTa~t:q,r·:.m.'¥.o.n pav1:s' 

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and impos·ed a 14·.-·year imprisonment term wh'icb~·~w.a.if! ~l·at.er. illegaly 

~1 te,rd by th~ I same trial court ~nder .a f~l:~:e~. jj~'~g~~-.m~:~·t)rt1'e fa·ct"': . 

. that, the ··c~~~.t of Appeals in the in~tant 'c·~S'~.::!!~~h~b.~:~~;, ·t:her r , •· ;,:,,: 

Ande,rs brief. fi.I"ed .by appellate counse·i B~;-ry· A'iffio'i'd>w!Hle 

'failin·g to~ t?ro.vi=de th·e··relator Deon .Davi~ with'''a-· record·of the 

tri~l transcript violate~ the law see e~hibit ~ ari~ this law . :_., 

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~f Appeals erred by deciding the ~nders a~peal-without ensuring 

that· sylvester Kelly had adequate opportunity to obtian the 

appellate Record and prepare pro se brief.In addition where the 

is_sue ''s of the court reporters records are in controversey as 

to the r'elator Deon Davis contest th~t he did not enter a ple!! 

.of gu~lt -.:r'l.ot;'· receive a sentence of 25 years as asserted by the· 

trial ,cq1.1rt 

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in the instant case,this Court has jurisdiction of I . . compel! the 3i Judicial .District Court of Tarrarit 

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~6unty Texas in the instant case to provide t~e Record or 

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otder the relators Deon Davis Habeas Relief of NEW TRIAL under 

the HABEAS CORPUS APPLICATION that is currently pending on thi:s 

cou~ts.Docket in the.~nstant case see Appellate Procedure Rule 

34.6 .(f) (1) and (2). 

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REQUESTED RELIEF 

Wherefore Pr~msies considered in light of CRIMINAL CODE OF 

PROCEDURE ar~ 4;?4 the relator Deon Davis prays that this court 

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grant relief of ih~ following:(A) order MANDAMU~ compelling the 

Judicial District Court fTarrant County Texas in the in~tant cas 

to provide the Court Reporters Transcript.Rec6fd:p~t~uant to 

Appellate P:r;<;>~:~dure Rule 34.6 (f) (1) ot;:' be ~u,bject to ~ew trial _,. 

in the instant case and in light of this court review of Habeas 

Application on docket in the instarit case·. 

EXECUTED ON THEJo DAY OF 

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UNSWORN DECLARATION 

CIVIL P~ACTICE AND REMEDI*S CODE SECTrON 132.000-132.003 

I DEON DAVIS #j83/ 3 S Q the relator in the ~etition for 

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Mandamus and COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS .HABEAS JURISDICTION CODE-· 

OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE ART 4.04 d6 hereby swear under penalty of 

·perjury that t:he follwoin·g~ aneW fo~r~ego.i:ng: legal document and its 

exh''ibits A .AND B~EVIDENC:E;r·IN.SUEPORT''THEREfJF ARE TRUE AND CORRECT .. - [, . . 

duly e.~ecuted. in the same on this the.3Q_DAY 0~ Otivh<?f'2015 

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MANDAMUS 

WE•·: CO.M~AND AND HEREBY ORDER': 

THE 3~d ~UDICIAL DISTRICT COURT OF TARRANT COUNTY TEXAS IN THE·· 

ABOVE ·cAUSE .. T.O PROVIDE THE COURT REPORTERS TRANSCRIPT. IN 

COMPLIANCE WITH APPELLATE RULE- 34.6 (f) 1 or be subject to 

RELATORS GRANT OF RELIEF UNDER ITS CLAUSE. 

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JUDGE PRESIDING 

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September 9, 2013 

Mr. Deon A. Davis 

TDC #1837352 I 

3872 F.M. 350 South I 

Polunsky Unit 

Livingston, Tx 77351 

Dear Mr. Davis: 

Law Office Of 

Ex Hrsrr · 

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Barry J. Alford, P.C. 

1319 Ballinger Street 

Fort Worth, Texas 76102 

Telephone (817) 335-5229 

Facsimile (817) 335-4944 

E-mail barryalford@onebox.com 

Barry J. Alford 

In response to your recent letter, I am not in possession of the Reporter's Record or · 

the Clerk's record. Those documents are the p.roperty of and in the possession of the Tarrant 

County District Clerk's Office. If you wish to obtain a copy of those records, you will need to 

contact that office at: 

BJA\ 

Tarrant County District Clerk's Office 

Appellate Division 

401 W. Belknap Street 

Fort Worth, Texas 76196 

If you have any other questions, please feel free to contact my office. 
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DEON A. DAVIS 

THE STATE OF TEXAS 

C·OURT OF APPEALS 

SECOND DISTRICT OF TEXAS 

FORT WORTH 

.NO. 02-13-00053-CR · 

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STATE 

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'MEMORANDUM OPINION1 

I . Appellant' Deon A. Davis entered an open plea of guilty to the charge of 

aggravated robbery with a deadly weapon. Davis also pleaded true to the State's 

deadly weapon and habitual offender paragraphs, and the trial court sentenced 

him to twenty-five years' incarceration.[ The plea proceedi~gs were not recorded: 

The trial court granted Davis permission to appeal, and Davis timely filed notice 

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of appeal. Davis's court-appointed appellate counsel has filed a motion to 

withdraw and a brief in support 'Of that motion. In counsel's brief, he certifies that 

in his professional opinion, the appeal is frivolous. Counsel's brief and motion 

meet the requirements· of Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738, 87( S. Ct. 1396 

(1967), by presenting a professional evaluation of the record and demonstrating 

why there are no arguable grounds for appeal. See Stafford v. State, 813 

S.W .. 2d 503., i511· (Tex. Grim .. App. 1991~);, Mays v. Stat9:, 904 S.W:.2d 920; 922- . I . - ~ 

23 (Tex. App.-Fort Worth 1995, no pet.). We gave Davis an opportunity to file a 

prose response, and Davis filed a prose response to the Anders brief, as well as 

a reply, raising multiple points. 2 By two different letters, the State acknowledges 

having received counsel's brief as well as Davis's response and reply. In these 

letters, the State informs us that it will not file its own response. · 

Once an appellant's court-appointed counsel files a motion to withdraw on 

the ground that the appeal is frivolous and fulfills the requirements of Anders, we 

are obligated to undertake an independent examination of the record to see if 

there is any arguable ground that may b~ raised· on the appellant's behalf. See - . -

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1n his initial response, Davis argues that he received ineffective 

assistance of counsel, that the evidence is insufficient to support his conviction, 

that he was entitled to a mandatory stenographic recording of his plea hearing, 

and that he should have been allowed to withdraw his plea. In his reply, Davis 

asks this court to hold the State in contempt of court because it chose not to file a ·. 

response in this case. Our review of the brief, filings, and record included, but 

was ·not limited to, -these matters. 

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. counsel's motion to withdraw. See Penson v. Ohio, 488 U.S. 75, 82-83, 109 

S. Ct. 346, 351 (1988). 

We have carefully reviewed ·the record, Davis's prose filfngs, and the brief . 

filed by Davis's counsel. We . agree with counsel that this appeal is wholly 

frivolous and without merit; we find nothing in the record that arguably might 

support any ~ppeal: See Bledsoe v. State, .178 S.W.3d 824, 827 (Tex. Crim. 

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f\pp. 200q); $ee. alse Garner v:: St9.te/r300 ·$~W(3d · 76G.; 767 (Tex. Crim. App. 

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judgment. 

PANEL: MCCOY, MEIER, and GABRIEL, JJ. 

DO NOT PUBLISH 

BILL MEIER 

JUSTICE 

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DEBRA SPISAK, CLERK 

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