Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2016-09-29 07:22:09.864362+00
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fmm: Chat/e.~ l.aymon Cox
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                                                                        THOMAS A WILDER, DIST. CLERK
                                                                          TARRANT COUNTY, TEXAS

                                                                               .MAY 27 2014
                               . C-213~009413-0647447-A
                                                                    TIME .        /0:·33
                                                                    BY               ~     .DEPUTY
 EX PARTE                                     §    IN THE 213th JUDICIAL
                                              §
                                              §    DISTRICT ·COURT
                                              §
 CHARLES LAYMAN COX                           §    TARRANT COUNTY, TEXAS

                      ORDER CLOSING EVIDENCE IN 15 DAYS

        The Cowt haS before it Applicant's Application for Writ of Habeas Corpus, filed

·under Article 11.07 oftheTexas Code of Criminal Procedure.

        IT IS ORDERED that any additional evidence, proposed findings or memoranda

be submitted to the Court within fifteen days of the date of this order, unless an

extension has been granted to the parties.

        Thereafter, the Cowt will consider the record closed and will proceed to a

decision in this matter.

       The Clerk of the Court is ORDERED to send a copy of this order to the

Applicant at his current known address and to the Appellate Section of the Tarrant

County District Attorney's Office.

       SIGNED AND ·ENTERED tbi.-        Z.   ~day of~ 2014.

                              CHARLE87~
                              CRIMINAL MAGI RATE
                              TARRANT COUNTY, TEXAS
                                                                         THOMAS A WILDER, DIST. CLERK
                                                                           TARRANT COUNTY. TEXAS

                                                                                    JUN 1 0 2014
                                C-213-009413-0647447-A
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 EX PARTE                                    §          TN THE 213th JUDICIAL
                                             §
                                             §          DISTRICT COURT OF
                                             §
CHARLES LAYMON COX                           §          TARRANT COlJNTY; TEXAS
AKA CHARLES LAYMAN COX                       §

                                        ORDER

        The Court adopts the State's proposed Memorandum, Findings of Fact and
Conclusions of Law as its own with the following modification:

        1. Conclusion of Law number "14" is modified to read as follows: ·
            "Applicant has failed to prove the State presented false testimony." See
           Memorandum, p. 10."

       Accordingly, this Court RECOMMENDS that the relief Applicant requests be
DENIED. The Court further orders and directs:
       The Cler.k of this Court to file these findings and transmit them along with the
Writ Transcript to the Clerk of the Court of Criminal Appeals as required by law.
       The Clerk of this Court to furnish a copy of the Court's findings to Applicant, at
his most recent address, and to the appellate section of the Tarrant County Criminal
District Attorney's Office.

               SIGNED AND ENTERED this Of±L.day of:- . ~                i~ , 2014.

                                   ~1RE~1.11£
                                    213th DISTRICT COURT
                                    TARRANTCOUNTY,TEXAS

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