NO. 01-15-00401-CR

IN THE FIRST COURT OF APPEALS AT HOUSTON, TEXAS

IN THE MATTER OF DAVID CHRISTOPHER HESSE,

Appellant

SUPPLEMENTAL MOTION TO STRIKE SECOND SUPPLEMENTAL CLERK’S RECORD

TO THE HONORABLE JUDGES OF SAID COURT: Appellant, David Christopher Hesse, supplements his prior-filed Motion to Strike the Second Supplemental Clerk’s Record, which is incorporated herein by reference, and shows: 1. On July 30, 2015, the District Clerk of Fort Bend County filed a letter with this Court. In this letter, the District Clerk requests this Court to “[w]ithdraw from the Clerk’s Record submitted May 14, 2015 page numbers 6 – 11 and replace with the documents included in the Second Supplemental Record as page numbers 4 – 9.” 2. Hesse objects to that request and asks that this Court not grant the District Clerk’s request to withdraw page 6 – 11 (specifically pages 8 – 11) from

1 ACCEPTED 01-15-00401-CR FIRST COURT OF APPEALS

HOUSTON, TEXAS 7/31/2015 3:32:54 PM CHRISTOPHER PRINE

CLERKthe Cle rk ’ s Re cord.

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. As the D i s trict Cle rk ack nowle dg e s in he r le tte r, the Fe b ruary 25 ,

20 15 , J udg me nt o f Conte mp t (C. R. p p
. 9 – 11) did not have any annotations

on it whe n it was s canne d b y he r Office on Fe b ruary 27, 20 1 5

. And the D is t rict
Cle rk ’ s le tte r is s ile nt to the f a c t t hat whe n he r Office p re p are d the Cle rk ’ s
Re cord and s ub mitte d it on May 1 4, 20 15 , the annotate d J udg me nt was not to
b e found among the p ap e rs of the cas e
.
4. I f the Court g rants the D i s trict Cle rk ’ s re q ue s t and withdraws p ag e
numb e rs 6 – 1 1 of the Cle rk ’ s Re cord and re p lace s thos e with t he docume nts
include d in the S econd S up p le me ntal Re cord as p a g e n umb e rs 4 – 9” the

Re cord would s tand with only the “annotate d” Fe b ruary 25 , 20 15 J u dg me nt.
That would mak e th e re cord re fle ct that the annotation, “ABAN D ON I N

FAVOR OF 2/26/20 15 J UD G MEN T , ” s ig ne d L e e Dug g an, J r. JUD G E” was on
the docume nt on Fe bruary 26, 20 15 whe n it was file d at 2: 3 2 p

. m.
.
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. The ve rity of the Cle rk ’ s Re cord would, the re b y, b e de s troy e d. 1
This s hould not b e allowe d to hap p e n.
6. I nte re s ting ly , the D is trict Cle rk doe s not t e ll this Court whe n he r
Office s canne d the “annotate d” judg me nt. This informat i o n is availab le , if

1 ... Sum rall v

. Russell , 262 S.W

. 507 (Tex. Civ. App. – El Paso 1924, writ ref ’d).

2nowhe re e ls e , in the me tadata of that file o n t h e D is trict Cle rk ’ s s e rve r. The

D is trict Cle rk als o doe s not advis e what h a p p e n e d to t he orig inal b arcode
affixe d to the docume nt at p ag e s 6 – 11 of the Cle rk ’ s Re cord.

7. More inte re s ting is the fact that the S tate , in its Re s p o n s e to

Conte mnor’ s M otion to Quas h (C. R. p p
. 223 – 25 1 ) re fe rs only to the Fe b ruary 26, 20 15 J udg me nt. The S tate ’ s Re s p ons e mak e s no re fe re nce to the Fe b ruary

25 , 20 15 J udg me nt.

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. On Ap ril 15 , 20 15 , He s s e file d a ve rifie d, Ame nde d S pe cial Ple a of

D oub l e J e op ardy

. 2 In t hat Ame nde d S p ecial Ple a, He s s e attache d b oth

J udg me nts in sup p ort of t hat Ame nde d S p ecial P l e a. The S tate did not file a
Re s p ons e to that Ame nde d S p e cial Ple a. The S tate ’ s s ile nce on t hat p oint can
b e tak e n as a confe s s ion that H e s s e ’ s alle g ation of t wo s e p arate judg me nts was

true ; 3 and that, as of Ap ril 15 , 20 15 , the annotation had not b e en adde d to the

Fe b ruary

25 , 20 15 J udg me nt.

9. On J une 2, 20 15 , the Court of Criminal Ap p e als s tay e d any furthe r

p roce e ding s in the unde rly ing caus e (N o. 12- D CR- 06118 6). S ee Exhib it N o.

1, attache d he re to and incorp orate d b y re fe re nce for all p urp os e s
.

2 ... Supp. C.R. p. 4.

3 ... See, e.g., Moree v. State , 183 S.W .2d 166, 169 (Tex. Crim . App. 1944).

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. Accordi n g t o t he information that the Dis trict Cle rk provide d to

the unde rs ig ne d couns e l, the p hy sical file in D ock e t N o. 12- DCR- 06118 6 was

s e nt to the 240 T H J udicial D is trict Court on J une 8 , 20 15

. The D is t rict Cle rk
doe s n o t k n o w who re que s te d the file be s e nt to the 240 T H J udicial D is t rict

Court.

11. Ag ain, according to t he information that the D i s trict Cle r k

p rovide d to the unde rs ig ne d couns el, afte r June 8 , 20 15 , s ome one from the

Fort Be nd County D is trict Attorne y ’ s Office came to the D is trict Cle rk ’ s Office
and re que s t e d that a s up p l e me nta l C l e r k ’ s Re cord b e p re p are d and file d, to

s how b oth J udg me nt of Conte mp t.

12. T o q uote De si Arnaz, “L ucy , y ou’ ve g ot s ome ‘ s plaining to do! ”

We ll, s ome one has “s ome ‘ s p laining to do” in this cas e. The re ne e ds to be a
he aring whe re in all of the s e facts can b e de ve l op e d, with witne s s e s b e i ng

p l ace d unde r oath and Finding s of Fact and Conclus ions of L aw file d with this

Court.

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. Unle s s a n d u ntil that hap p e ns , this Court s hould not g rant the

D is trict Cle rk ’ s re q ue s te d re l ie f. At the ve ry le as t, this Court s hould s trik e the

S econd S up p le me ntal Cle rk ’ s Re cord and conduct or orde r a he aring on t he
annotation, whe n it was adde d, b y whom, e tc.

. This Court s hould g rant He s s e

4g e ne ral re lie f.

Re s p ectfully s ub mitte d, /s / L .T. “Butch” Bradt L

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I , the unde rs ig ne d attorne y , in accordance with the Rule 9. 5, T. R. A. P. , ce rtify that a true and corre ct cop y of the fore g oing Brie f was de live re d to:

G ail Kik awa McConne ll, As s ’ t D is trict Attorne y 3 0 1 J ack s on S tre e t, Room 10 1 Richmond, TX 77469 G ail. McConne ll@ fortb e ndcounty tx. g ov
On J uly 3 1, 20 15

. /s / L

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