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     FRANKLIN CARL JONES                        §                                    RECEIVED IN
           Relator                              §                               COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEAL
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     vs.                                        §        IN RE. 977894
                                                                                      JUL 0 12U15
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     BELINDA J. HILL                            §
     IN HER OFFICIAL CAPACITY                   §
           Respondent                           §                                  Abe! Acosta, Clerk
                           RELATOR'S APPLICATION FOR WRI'r OF f1ANDAMUS

     TO THE HONORABLE JUDGE OF SAID COURT

           COMES NOW, Franklin Carl Jones, Relator, Pro, se1 in the above styled

     and numbered cause of action and files his Relator's Application of Writ

     of Mandamus, pursuant to Rule 52.08 Section (c) of TRAP, and will show the

     Court the following:

                                                I.
                                             RELATOR

           1.01 Franklin Carl Jones, TDCJ #1224452 1s an offender incarcerated in

     the Texas DeparLment of Criminal Justice and is appearing Pro se, who can be

     located at the William G. McConnell Unit, Bee County, Texas 78102.

           l. 02· Relator has exhausted his reme.dies and has no other adequately

     remedy at law.   I f the court determines that ;:Relator is inti tled to relief

     it must make an appropriate order.     The Court may grant relief without hearing

     oral argument.

           1. 03 The act soughL.tO be compelled is ministerial, not       disc~etionary

     in nature.   ·rRAP Rule 52.8(c) requires Respondent to immediately transmit to

     the Court of 185th a completecopy of his Writ of Habeas Corpus under newly

     discover evidence to hold a competency hearing where the State and Court

     appointed counsel failed to order a competeucy hearing for the Relator

     (Franklin Carl Jones).
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                                           RESPONDENT

          2.01 Respondent Belinda J. Hill, in her capacity as First Assistant

     District Attorney(of Harris County, Texas has a ministerial Duty to turnover

     The Relator's 11.07 Writ of Habeas Corpus, Memorandum of Law and all his

     Exhibits A,B,C to the Court of the 185th District Court according to the State

     Bar Artiles of V.T.C.A.   ~ov't.   Code Title 2,, Subtitle 6, Appendix Article

     10, Section 9, Code Professional Responsibility. Disciplinarv RUle 9-102(3)

     (4) as applied in Resolution Trust Corp. V.P.C., 128 F.R.D. 647, "underTexas

     Law entire Writ of 11.07 Habeas Corpus and all attachment must be forward

     to the 185th District Court".

                                           III.
             VIOLATION OF STATE BAR ARTICLES OF V.T.C.A. GOV'T CODE TITLE 2
        SUBTITLE 6, APPENDIX ARTICLE 10 SEC. 9 CODE PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILI'rY
                              DISCIPLINARY RULE 9-102(3)(4j

          3.01 On f\1arch 9, 2015, the Relator accidently filed an ll.U7 Writ of

     Habeas Corpus, Memorandum of Law and Exhibits A/B,C to First Assistant

     District Attorney Belinda J. Hill, alleging that he was denied a Competency

     Hearing under newly discovered evidence.        Saia writ and documents was filed

     on March 9, 2015, and was recieved by the District Attorney on the 11th or

     12th of March 2015.    The Relator has requested the Respondent to transmit his

     11.07 Writ of Habeas Corpus, Memorandum of Law and all Exhibits to tbe Trial

     Court of 185th District:128 F.R.D. 647, an

as requested in Relator's letters (Exhibits A through C).

                                           4.
                                                   Respectfully submitted,

                                                   Franklin Carl Jones
                                                   #1224452
                                                   CVicConnell Unit
                                                   3001 S. Emily Dr.
                                                   Beeville, Tx 78102

THE STATE OF TEXAS
COUNTY OF BEE

                                      AFFIDAVIT

       I swear under oath that the facts anj allegation in the above

APPLICATION FOR WRIT OF MANDAMUS are true and correct.

                                 INMATE'S DECLARATION

       I, Franklin Carl Jones, am the Applicant and being presently incarcerated

at the William G. McConnell Unit in Beeville, Texas, declare under penalty

of perjury that according to my belief, the facts stated in the above

application are true and correct.

       SIGNED ON this the~ day of             ~
                                                   ~M~
                                                            '2015.

                                                   Applicant

                                CERTIFICATE OF   SE~VICE

       I hereby certify that a ture copy of the above APPLICATION     ~~R    WRIT

OF· CViANDAMUS was served on:
First Assistant District Attorney
Belinda J. Hill
1201 Franklin St., Room 600
Houston, Texas 77002-1930
by   p~~c~n;_a~true   and correct copy in the U.S. Mail on the   ~day        of
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                                                                                              i:,OJ{\RCH 25 I 2015

                                        JUDICIAL NOTICE

RE: Writ of Habeas Corpusi                  M~morandum.of                   Law,      Exhi~its    A,B,C

Dea~       Ms.    Belindcl Hill,
     With all doe respect,             in my haste to mail out my ll.Q7 writ o£
habeaG cor~us,             I miscakingly sent it oto ihe District Attorn~y's
Office          instea~dof    to the Clerk of Courtroom 185th.                               I kr1Qw that
it    i~       not tour jOb to correct my error,
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                                                                          but I am ~espectfully
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askin9 l.ou to            fono~ard   my 11.07 writ of                    itabe::~.s   cor· pus to t:h(::
~ro~~r          court,    which is the 185th District Court so that the
A~p~al          ~recess    may bg    spe~       up instead of delayed. It was- the
llth or or 12th of March 2015 in 0hich fOU should have ceceivea
it.    I have already contRcted the District Clerk explairiing the
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matter.

     Thank you tor your assistance in this                                im~ortant        oattec and
thank you for taking out the time to corr0ct this error.

                                                                            Respectfullly Submitted,
                                                                                            .l''ra.nklin   Jon~)S

                                                                                            T. D.C. ffl224452
                                                                                       3001 Sth Emily Dr.
                                                                                        Baeville,Tx.78102
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                                              CHRIS DANIEL
                                        HARRIS COUNTY DISTRICT CLERK
                                                                                                            Direct Dial Line:

3/27/2015

Mr. Franklin Carl Jones
#1224452/McConnell Unit
3001 S. Emily Dr.
Beeville, Texas 78102

Memorandum response to correspondence received: 03/26/15

Re: Cause No(s) 0977894.

Dear Mr. Jones,

1:8]   Your motion/request Writ of Habeas Corpus was filed with the District Clerk and on
       03/26/15 the Court:

       ~    Took no action            0      Denied your Motion/Request                 0     Granted your motion/request

       0    Took action                0     Advised attorney of record                 ~     Other

0      Our records reflect your jail time credit to be:                          Sentence to begin date: _ _ .

0      Contact TDC records for further information.

0      Requests for certified copies:

       0    Please include full name, date of birth, and/or cause number.

       0    Copies must be ordered by document name for correspondence to determine how many pages, to be able to
             quote a price. The fee for certified or un..:ertifiecl copies is $1.00 !)er !)llge. All requ~sts m!tst include a self-
             addressed, stamped envelope If the cause number is not known, there will.be a record search fee of $5.00.

1:8]   Other:_ This clerk contacted the Assistant DistriCt Attorney's Office for Court 185 and was
       advised that a Writ from Franklin Jones has not come across her desk. Furthermore, she
       advises if one should be mailed by mistake to the ADA for the 185th it would be forwarded to
       the Harris Cpunty District Clerks's Post Conviction Writs Department.

By:    T. Czepinski
       Clerk in the 185 District Court

                     P,O. Box 4651 • HOUSTON, TEXAS 77210-4651 • (713) 755-5749
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                                            CHRIS DANIEL
                                      HARRIS COUNTY DISTRICT CLERK
                                                                                                       Direct Dial Line:

4/22/2015

Mr. Franklin Carl Jones
#1224452/McConnell Unit
3001 S. Emily Drive
Beeville, Texas 78102

Memorandum response to correspondence received: 04/2112015

Re: Cause No(s) 0977894.

Dear Mr. Jones,

[gj   Your motion/request TO COMPEL was filed with the District Clerk and on 04/2112015 the
      Court:

      0     Took no action           ~     Denied your Motion/Request              D     Granted your motion/request

      D     Took action              D     Advised attorney of record              ~     Other

0     Our records reflect your jail time credit to be:                       Sentence to begin date: _ _ .

0     Contact TDC records for further information.

0     Requests for certified copies:

      D     Please include full name, date of birth, and/or cause number.

      D     Copies must be ordered by document name for correspondence to determine how many pages, to be able to
             quote a price. The fee for certified or uncertified copies is $1.00 per page. All requests must include a self-
             addressed, stamped envelope- If the cause number is not known, there will be a record search fee of $5.00.

[gj   Other: Please see the enclosed Certified Copy of the Court's Ruling.

By:   T. Czepinski
      Clerk in the 185 Distri

                     P.O. Box 4651    • HOUSTON, TEXAS 77210-4651 • (713) 755-5749
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                                               -APR 2 1 2015                                                                                CAUSE NO.                                            977894

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                                        Applicant's Motion to Compel!

          To The Honorable Judge Susan Br9wn
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             Fran]clin Carl Jone;:;,              Applicant pro se,                          moves to this court                                                                                      for~       ( 7 0..
          an order
          Hill,    to
          CriminaL

          answer filed and a certificate reciting the date upon whi
          such finding was mad~. in support thereof Applicant wo~l~·
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          the court the following:
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          1). Applicant filed an application for Writ of                                                                      Habe~s;Corpus
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          alleging that he was denied . a Competency Hearing und~r pewly
          discovered evidence. Said w~ it was filed on March 9.;, 2b{~:r;·,~nd
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          was received the District Attorney on the ll th or l2tt;it-i>.:t·:·~.;:t;rd;h
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          2015.
          2).   In my haste to mail out my 11.07 writ of Habeas Corpus,
          I addressed it to the District Attorney instead of teh Clerk
          of Courtroom l85th.
          3).   I know that it is not their job to correct my··erro:L 'but·
          I had respectfully asked them to forward my 11.07 writ of Habeas
          Corpus to the proper court, which was the l85th District Court
          so that the Appeal process may be speeded up instead of delayed.
          4). On April 15,2015, approximately (l) month later, Ms. Hill
          has failed to respond to my first letter nor                                                           ~as                        she responded
          to my certified letter,                   which was mailed out cOh.:::·M~r·ch. 26,2015.
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          5). As of this date,                April 15,2015, 30 daysf.·l'a-t'er, Assfstant
          District Attorney,               Belinda J.                  HilL     has         y~::£-.~:·i~ '··~·om~:ly· .. ~:f~h                                                                   Art.
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          11.07 Sec.        3(c).
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             Wherefore,        the Applicant request this Ho'·~,pr.aqle··c