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WR-81,346-01
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                                            February 5, 2015

 Gayle Henderson
 District Clerk
 400 S. Nelson
 Fort Stockton, TX
 79735-7132

                  Re: Ex parte Ernest Villanueva, No. P-2664-83-CR, in the 83rd
                  District Court of Pecos County and WR-81,346-01 in the Texas Court
                  of Criminal Appeals

 Dear Clerk Henderson:

          Pursuant to TEX. R. APP. P. 34.5(c)(1), this letter will serve as my official
 request for you to prepare and file a supplemental Clerk's Record in the above-
 styled and numbered cause. The Clerk's Record previously filed does not contain
 a copy of the affidavit of trial counsel, H. Thomas Hirsch, filed in Pecos County on
 August 12, 2014. Please forward the supplement to the Court of Criminal Appeals
 in Austin and send a copy to me as well.

          Thank you for your attention to this matter.

                                                                      Sincerely,

                                                                      /s/Richard E. Wetzel
                                                                      Richard E. Wetzel
                                                                      Attorney at Law

 cc: Court of Criminal Appeals
      Rod Ponton
                                                                                   WR-81,346-01
                                                                    COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS
                                                                                   AUSTIN, TEXAS
                                                                   TransmittedJ/5/2015 5:09:10 PM
                                                                     Accepted 2/6/2015 9:21:09 AM
             IN THE TEXAS COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS                                 ABEL A§l|rk
                                                                       RECEIVED
                                                                COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS
                                                                       2/6/2015

                                       §            WR-81,346-01ABEL ACOSTA, CLERK
             LLANUEVA                  §

   APPLICANT'S MOTION TO HOLD APPLICATION PENDING THE
           FILING OF OBJECTIONS TO THE TRIAL COURT'S
            FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW

TO THE HONORABLE JUDGES OF THE TEXAS COURT OF CRIMINAL
APPEALS:

      Comes now, Ernest Villanueva, applicant in the above cause and would

show the Court the following:

      Applicant filed an application for writ of habeas corpus under TEX. CRIM.

PROC. CODE art. 11.07 challenging his final felony conviction for aggravated

sexual assault in cause number P-2664-83-CR in the 83rd District Court of Pecos

County.

                                           II.

      The application was transmitted to this Court on May 8, 2014, and assigned

cause number WR-81,346-01. On June 25, 2014, the matter was remanded to the

trial court for further development of applicant's assertion he was denied the
effective assistance of counsel at trial. The trial court was additionally ordered to

enter findings of fact and conclusions of law.

                                          III.

      On January 8, 2015, the trial court entered finding of fact and conclusions of

law recommending the relief sought be denied. Those findings and conclusions

were forwarded to the Court in a supplemental transcript dated January 30, 2015.

Undersigned received a copy of the supplement on February 4, 2015.

                                          IV.

      Applicant intends to file objections to the trial court's findings and

conclusions in the convicting court within the next 60 days. Applicant additionally

intends to seek supplementation of the record with a copy of trial counsel's

affidavit upon which the trial court relied.

      Applicant requests the instant application be held and no decision made on

the application pending the filing of objections and supplementation of the record.

Applicant will file his objections and seek supplementation within 60 days, on or

before, April 6,2015.
                                       Prayer

      Wherefore, premises considered, applicant prays the instant motion be

granted and he be afforded 60 days in which to file his objections to the trial

court's findings and conclusions.

                                              Respectfully submitted,
                                              /s/ Richard E. Wetzel
                                              Richard E. Wetzel
                                              State Bar No. 21236300

                                              1411 West Avenue, Suite 100
                                              Austin, Texas 78701

                                              (512)469-7943
                                              (512) 474-5594 (fax)
                                              Wetzel_law@141 lwest.com

                                              Attorney for Applicant
                                              Ernest Villanueva

                               Certificate of Service

      This is to certify a true and correct copy of the foregoing pleading was
mailed to counsel for the State, Rod Ponton, 400 S. Nelson St., Fort Stockton,
Texas, 79735, on this the 5th day of February, 2015.

                                               /s/ Richard E. Wetzel
                                               Richard E. Wetzel
                                                State Bar No. 21236300