Court Opinion

ID: 7800068
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2022-08-12 07:12:03.344456+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T16:29:01.818893
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In The

                                 Court of Appeals

                     Ninth District of Texas at Beaumont

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                               NO. 09-22-00233-CR
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                       IN RE FABBIAN DONTA SCOTT

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                          Original Proceeding
           Criminal District Court of Jefferson County, Texas
                Trial Cause Nos. 21-36748 and 21-36749
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                           MEMORANDUM OPINION

      In a petition for a writ of mandamus, Fabbian Donta Scott seeks an order

compelling the trial court to rule on motions that Scott filed pro se in two criminal

cases. According to the information provided by Scott in the mandamus petition,

Scott is represented by counsel in the trial court. “A defendant has no right to hybrid

representation, and, as a consequence, a trial court is free to disregard any pro se

motions presented by a defendant who is represented by counsel.” Jenkins v. State,

592 S.W.3d 894, 902 n. 47 (Tex. Crim. App. 2018). Scott failed to establish that the

trial court abused its discretion. Accordingly, we deny the petition for a writ of

mandamus.

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      PETITION DENIED.

                                                PER CURIAM

Submitted on August 9, 2022
Opinion Delivered August 10, 2022
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Before Golemon, C.J., Kreger and Johnson, JJ.

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