Court Opinion

ID: 9774926
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Date Created: 2023-08-29 18:38:22.63253+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:32:17.766906
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ORDER ON STATE’S MOTIONS FOR REHEARING
PER CURIAM.
The appellants were jointly tried and convicted of aggravated robbery. The jury assessed Proctor's punishment at life and Lemell’s punishment at sixty-five (65) years and a Five Thousand Dollar ($5,000.00) fine.
On direct appeal, the appellants maintained their convictions were barred by jeopardy. The Eleventh Court of Appeals agreed, reversed and ordered the prosecutions dismissed. Proctor v. State, 806 S.W.2d 252 (Tex.App. — Eastland 1990); Lemell v. State, No. 11-88-150-CR (Tex. App. — Eastland, delivered December 20, 1990).
We granted the State’s petitions to review the Court of Appeals’ decisions. We ultimately determined the Court of Appeals erred in its disposition of the appellants’ jeopardy points of error, reversed the judgments of the Court of Appeals and remanded the causes for consideration of the appellants’ remaining points of error. See page 2.
Despite having prevailed on both petitions, the State, through Harris County *7Assistant District Attorney, Timothy G. Taft, has filed motions for rehearing. The motions were filed with the Clerk of this Court on October 23, 1992. Each motion contains four grounds for rehearing challenging the opinion delivered October 7, 1992.
Aside from the grounds for rehearing, the motions present a more serious matter. Each motion contains highly offensive, inappropriate, and scurrilous accusations against this Court. The motions accuse this Court of being sloppy (pages i, 1, 6, and 12); dishonest (pages i, 1, 11 and 12); and hypocritical (page 15). The motions charge this Court with being intentionally careless in order to achieve a desired result (page 6). The motions claim this Court treats the State as a second-class party (page 7). The motions question the lengths to which this Court is allegedly willing to go in order to cover for one of its own (page 8). The motions suggest the delivery of a per curiam opinion is cowardly (page 9). Finally, the motions accuse this Court of violating the Code of Judicial Conduct (page 15).
Advocacy, whether in a trial court or appellate court, is not incompatible with due respect and civility. No attorney appearing in this Court furthers the cause of justice by filing a document designed to belittle, degrade, obstruct, interrupt, prevent, or embarrass this Court and the administration of justice. In our view, the State’s Motions for Rehearing in this case are just such documents.
We take this opportunity to remind Mr. Taft that his primary duty is to see that justice is done. See Article 2.01, Y.A.C.C.P. The instant motions for rehearing, having as their primary thrust to demean this Court and the members thereof, are an example of the antithesis of that duty.
This Court does not condone the filing of such a pleading nor will we give any consideration to the merits of such a pleading. Therefore, the Clerk of this Court is directed to strike, with prejudice, the motions for rehearing filed in these causes.
IT IS SO ORDERED.