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                RECEIVED IN             5ixth Court of Appeals                        Sixth Distriet
              The Court of Artpeala
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                                        Bi-5tate Justice Bldg.
                                                                                     'JUL 0 6 2015
                 JUL 0 i 2015         100 N.   State Line   Ave.   #20

                                        Texarkana, Texas 75501                     Texarkafrtei, Texas
             Texarkana, Texas v *                                             Debra9           A.        I was dispatched from the police department, seeing a

10   distraught female out front.             Went out and contacted her and she

11   explained that she had been sexually assaulted.                      An investigation

12   led to the identity of a gentleman named Mark,                     at Motel 6, room

13   123.

14           Q.        What did you end up - what did you and in cooperation

15   with other people in the Greenville Police Department do with that

16   information then?

17           A.        We had the female go to the hospital, with an advocate

18   and then myself and an investigator went and set up surveillance at

19   Motel    6.

20           Q.        And what happened after that?

21           A.        There was a white Saturn that was described by the

22   victim,       Jane Doe,   that she was assaulted in.              Pulled up into the

23   area of room 123 and a white male matching the description of Mark

24   Engle got out and went into room 123.

25           Q.        What did y'all do after that?

                                    MICHAEL HURLEY,     CSR
                                      1330   MACKIE   DR.
                                    RICHARDSON,   TX 75081
                                        214-226-2547
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 1          A.       Confirmed the license plate on the vehicle was

2    registered to Mark Engle.               We also confirmed that the identity of

 3   the person that was in room 123,                  that rented the room,       was Mark

 4   Engle from Watauga.

 5          Q.       And did you ever go in to arrest or search either the

 6   room   123   or that      white    Saturn?

 7          A.          Yes,   we did.

 8          Q-          And did you get a search warrant for that?

 9          A.          Yes,   we did.

10          Q-          And after the search warrant was signed, what did y'all

11   do?

12          A.          We executed a       search of room 123.             Then went back to

13   the police station where the white Saturn was impounded and

14   completed the search of that vehicle,                       as well.

15          Q.          Where was the defendant when - okay.                   So the search was

16   conducted     of    room    123.

17          A.          Yes.

18          Q.          Were you involved in that?

19          A.          Yes.

20          Q-          And the search was - the vehicle was impounded on the

21   frontage road of the interstate?

22          A.          Yes.     From the    arrest.

23          Q-          So was the defendant in the room when you got there or

24   how did that work?

25          A.          No.     He was actually at the police station, under

                                        MICHAEL HURLEY,    CSR
                                          1330 MACKIE DR.
                                        RICHARDSON,   TX 75081
                                            214-226-2547
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 1   arrest on a traffic charge.

 2        Q.           Under arrest on traffic charges.

 3        A.           Yes.

 4        Q.           So were you part of the - the original - were you part

 5   of the traffic arrest?

 6        A.           Yes.

 7        Q.           You were a part of that as well?

 8        A.           Yes.

 9        Q.           And he was taken into custody,               I take it.

10        A.           Yes.

11        Q.           And his car was - was his car part of the search

12   warrant    as    well?

13        A.           Yes.   It was     listed in the          search warrant.

14        Q.           The car and its contents.

15        A.           Yes.

16        Q.           Can you tell us what was found,               if anything,   of note

17   here today,       inside the vehicle?

18        A.           There was   a    locked case inside the backseat of the

19   vehicle.        And during the initial report,               it was indicated that Mr.

20   Engle had used narcotics during the sexual assault and that needles

21   were used,       where a victim and himself were shot up with

22   methamphetamines.        It was believed that inside that case could have

23   been needles and narcotics             used in the commission of a           sexual

24   assault.

25        Q.           Was the - the case that you're•describing,                 was it a -

                                       MICHAEL HURLEY,    CSR
                                         1330 MACKIE   DR.
                                       RICHARDSON,   TX 75081
                                           214-226-2547
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 1   like a      locked -

 2          A.          Yes.

 3          Q-          - like a lock box or a small safe or some sort of thing

 4   with a bolt lock on it?                  Can you describe it for us?

 5          A.          It was like a combination,                    I believe.   I don't know if

 6   Ms.    Gustin can        see.     It's    about     that wide and about          that   thick.

 7   Kind of a rectangle shape.

 8          Q.          Rectangle shape.

 9          A.          What I would consider a cheap - cheap locking

10   mechanism.

11          Q.          Okay.        Pursuant to the search warrant,               you searched

12   that    -   that   locked container.

13          A.          Yes.

14          Q.          What - what did you find inside?

15          A.          Believed to be methamphetamine,                    baggies,    a syringe

16   needle.       I believe it had 35 units or approximately 35 units of a

17   liquid that's believed to be methamphetamine in it, as well.

18          Q.          What do you mean by "units"?

19          A.          Dose units -          like a     measurement of milliliters            or of a

20   liquid.

21          Q.          And where would - where would they have kept it?

22          A.          In a syringe.            I'm sorry.

23          Q.          Okay.        So there's 35 syringe - syringes?

24          A.          No.     A single syringe, with a measurement on the

25   syringe of 35, I believe.

                                         MICHAEL HURLEY,        CSR
                                              1330   MACKIE   DR.
                                        RICHARDSON,      TX 75081
                                               214-226-2547
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 1        Q.        Oh,    okay.

 2        A.        We    call    it   "dose units".

 3        Q.        Oh,    okay.       And were you able to - well,    from your

 4   training and experience, have you done any work in narcotic

 5   investigations?

 6        A.        Yes.

 7        Q.        Have you seen what you know to be methamphetamine,

 8   either in your training or experience, which you later found out to

 9   be methamphetamine?

10        A.        Yes.

11        Q.        And can you describe or can you tell the court whether

12   or not what you were seeing on that day matched what you know to be

13   methamphetamine?

14        A.        Yes.

15        Q.        Okay.        What about it - what characteristics about it

16   led you to believe it was methamphetamine and gave you cause to

17   arrest    him for    that offense?

18        A.        The white crystal like substance.             The manner in which

19   it was packaged.        It was covertly stored.          And it matched the

20   description of what the victim in a sexual assault case said that

21   was used on her and labeled it as methamphetamine.

22        Q.        Did you field-test any portion of the substance itself?

23   If you don't recall that's fine.

24        A.        I don't recall that.             Sorry.

25        Q.       Has that - has that material been sent to the lab for

                                       MICHAEL HURLEY, CSR
                                          1330 MACKIE DR.
                                       RICHARDSON, TX 75081
                                           214-226-2547
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1    further testing,    in Garland?

2        A.      It's my understanding it has been sent to the lab.

3         Q.     Did you have a chance to speak with the defendant while

 4   he was in custody?

 5        A.     Yes,    sir.

 6        Q.     And was he made aware of his Miranda rights to counsel

 7   and not to speak to you if he chose to?

 8        A.     Yes,    sir.

 9        Q.     Was that interview video taped?

10   -    A.     Yes,    sir.

11        Q.     Is the - did the defendant waive his rights?

12        A.     He   did.

13        Q.     Did he waive his rights on camera?

14        A.     Yes,    he did.

15        Q.     Did he waive them also in writing?

16        A.     Generally that's our practice, but I do not recall if

17   it was actually in writing or not.

18        Q.     Okay.       But you can see it on video.

19        A.     Yes,    sir.

20        Q.     Was a subsequent interview with the defendant video

21   taped as well?

22        A.     Yes.

23        Q.     Can you describe,        in general, what the content, of your

24   conversation was with the defendant?

25        A.     Mark,    at first,     said that there was no activity between

                                 MICHAEL HURLEY,    CSR
                                   1330 MACKIE   DR.
                                 RICHARDSON,   TX 75081
                                     214-226-2547
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 1   he and the victim.       I believe later he acknowledged there was

 2   contact.   And it was asked about the items found in his vehicle and

 3   he acknowledged that he thought that there was three grams of

 4   methamphetamine in that locked container.

 5        Q.       Did he ever describe to you what it is that he did or

 6   planned on doing with that methamphetamine?

 7       .A.       He said he drove       a     truck and that he sold

 8   methamphetamine and made generally 5 to $600 a week selling the

 9   drugs.

10        Q.       And he confessed that to you.

11        A.       Yes,    sir.

12        Q.       And what charge was he arrested for,              based on that

13   statement and what you found at the scene?

14        A.       Manufacture and delivery of a controlled substance,.

15   penalty group 1, over 4,        under 200 grams.

16        Q.       Okay.     You didn't find him actually manufacturing or

17   delivering that methamphetamine,             is that correct?

18        A.       That's correct.

19        Q.       Okay.     So this is a - is this a possession with intent

20   to deliver?

21        A.       Yes.

22        Q.       Okay.

23        A.       It's my belief and with his confession, that he is

24   distributing for sale methamphetamine.

25                    THE STATE:              Pass the witness,   Your Honor.

                                  MICHAEL HURLEY,    CSR
                                    1330 MACKIE   DR.
                                  RICHARDSON,   TX 75081
                                      214-226-2547
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 1                                        CROSS EXAMINATION

 2   BY MS.       GUSTIN

 3           Q.        Now,   Mr. Walden,      you indicated that there was a search

 4   warrant in this case,         is that correct?

 5           A.        Yes,   ma'am.

 6           Q.        Who secured that search warrant?

 7           A,        I believe Felicia White wrote the search warrant.

 8           Q.        Felicia White?

 9           A.        I believe she -        Felicia and Warren Mitchell worked on

10   the search warrant while we were conducting the surveillance.

11           Q.        And did you bring a copy of that search warrant with

12   you today?

13           A.        I've got the probable cause for it up here.

14           Q.        Can I see what you have as the probable cause?

15           A.        No.    This is for the sexual assault.       I'm sorry.

16           Q.        So you don't have the actual search warrant with you

17   today.

18           A.        Not - I think that's what that is.         I think that's just

19   the probable cause for his - this discovery hearing.

20           Q.        So you didn't actually prepare the search warrant for

21   the room or the vehicle,            is that correct?

22           A.        That's   correct.

23           Q.        Did you come in possession of the search warrant at any

24   time?

25           A.        Yes.

                                       MICHAEL HURLEY,    CSR
                                         1330 MACKIE DR.
                                       RICHARDSON,   TX 75081
                                           214-226-2547
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 1           Q.   When - how did you become in possession of that search

 2   warrant?

 3           A.   It was delivered to Motel 6 prior to the entry of the

 4   room.

 5           Q.   And when you say it was delivered to Motel 6, is that

 6   prior to or after the traffic arrest of Mr. Engle?

 7           A.   The traffic arrest was - the traffic arrest was,                  I

 8   believe, prior to the search warrant being obtained.

 9           Q.   And so the - the traffic violation was done on - did

10   you say the service road of Interstate 30?

11           A.   Yes.

12           Q.   And so, at that time,         Mr.        Engle was arrested for

13   traffic violations, is that correct?                                 /
14           A.   That's correct.

15           Q.   And was he taken into custody at that time?

16           A.   Yes,    he was.

17           Q,   And he was taken into custody for what reason?

18           A.   For traffic       violations.

19           Q.   Well,    were there any -

20           A.   I'm sorry.        Go ahead.

21           Q.   - warrants for his arrest or was it solely for the

22   traffic violation?

23           A.   At that time there was no warrant for his arrest.

24           Q.   And so what specifically was the traffic violation that

25   he was stopped for?

                                MICHAEL HURLEY,      CSR
                                    1330 MACKIE DR.
                                RICHARDSON,   TX 75081
                                      214-226-2547
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 1           A.        He got on the interstate and was weaving in and out of

 2   traffic,     so failed to signal lane.

 3           Q.        And that's something you yourself observed.

 4           A.        Yes.

 5           Q.        And were you the person who actually initiated that

 6   traffic stop?

 7           A.        Yes.

 8           Q.        And once that traffic stop occurred, did you remain

 9   with Mr. Engle?

10           A.        No,    I did not.

11           Q.        Who took custody of Mr. Engle?

12           A.     .Corporal Huddleston,         I believe it was.

13           Q.        Corporal who?

14           A.        Huddleston.

15           Q.        Huddleston.

16           A.        Huddleston.      Yes, ma'am.

17           Q.        And at that point the car was impounded.

18           A.        It was taken to the police station.

19           Q.        All right.     Who took the vehicle to the police station?

20           A.        That would have been one of our on-call wreckers and I

21   don't    recall    which that    was.

22           Q.        And at the time of the arrest, was there an inventory

23   of the vehicle?

24           A.        No.    I asked that the vehicle be impounded to the

25   station and that the officer follow the vehicle to the station.

                                     MICHAEL HURLEY,   CSR
                                       1330 MACKIE DR.
                                     RICHARDSON, TX 75081
                                         214-226-2547
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 1           Q.      Okay.    So there wasn't an inventory of the vehicle.

 2           A.      No.

 3           Q.      So between the time that Mr.            Engle was arrested,   there

 4   was no inventory done of the vehicle and the vehicle was taken to

 5   the police station, is that correct?

 6           A.      That's correct.

 7           Q.      And who - who was with the car from the time of the

 8   arrest until it was left at the Greenville Police Department?

 9           A.      Should have been Corporal Huddleston.

10           Q.      And do you have personal knowledge of whether or not

11   Investigator or Officer Huddleston stayed with the vehicle?

12           A.      He was instructed to.

13           Q.      But you don't have any personal knowledge of that, do

14   you?

15           A.      No,   I do not.

16           Q.      You don't know if there was anything added to or

17   removed from the vehicle?            Personal knowledge. You don't have that,

18   do you?      Were there any pictures taken at the time of the traffic

19   stop?

20           A.     Only video from the marked units.

21           Q.     All right.     So as far as you - you didn't,          yourself,

22   take any like pictures with a camera, with a phone or anything like

23   that,    of the actual contents of the vehicle?

24           A.     Not - not during the traffic stop.             No.

25           Q.     Do you know if Investigator Huddleston did?

                                  MICHAEL HURLEY,      CSR
                                       1330 MACKIE DR.
                                  RICHARDSON,   TX 75081
                                        214-226-2547
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 1        A.     Not to my knowledge.             Only his in-car camera.

 2        Q.     And you left from the service road and went where?

 3        A.     Back to Motel        6.

 4        Q.     And at Motel 6,           is that when you came into possession

 5   of the search warrant?

 6        A.     Yes.     Shortly thereafter.

 7        Q.     Who signed the search warrant?                Which magistrate?     Do

 8   you know?

 9        A.     That I don't recall.             I'm sorry.

10        Q.     Do you know what information was - the information that

11   was contained within the search warrant,             do you know where that

12   information came    from?

13        A.     It came from the victim and came from information from

14   me and Corporal Petrie.

15        Q.     So as far as verification on whether or not this

16   alleged victim was someone that was truthful or not, you don't have

17   that knowledge,    do you?     You don't have personal knowledge of

18   whether or not that person is truthful or not.

19        A.     I-have personal knowledge that what she described,                 as

20   far as the vehicle, the gentleman sitting next to you, his name,

21   where they were staying,       that was verified.         As far as the events

22   that led up to that*    it's based on the victim's statement.

23       Q.      So whether or not she was being truthful, that would be

24   something certainly to be considered on whether or not the

25   information contained in the warrant was accurate and truthful.

                                  MICHAEL HURLEY,   CSR
                                    1330 MACKIE   DR.
                                  RICHARDSON, TX 75081
                                      214-226-2547
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 1           A.      It   is.

 2           Q.      And that was done in a very brief period of time.

 3   There was no verification of the information that she allegedly

 4   provided to the police department that day.

 5           A.      It was a rather lengthy contact with her and she kept

 6   to the same story.

 7           Q.      She wasn't the one that initiated the contact with the

 8   police department.         It was another person that actually caused her

 9   to come to the police station, is that correct?

10           A.      Yes.

11           Q.      Now as - specifically, the container that was in the

12   backseat of the vehicle,        that was located in the backseat of the

13   vehicle,     that was a locked container,             correct?

14           A.      Yes.

15           Q.     And the search warrant didn't specifically have any

16   mention of any locked containers,             did it?

17           A.      I would have to go back and review the verbiage on

18   that?

19           Q.      So as you sit here right now you don't know the exact

20   contents of what you were able to search in that search warrant.

21           A.     I know that it was designed so that we could search for

22   areas that could contain items used in a sexual assault.

23           Q.     And there wasn't anything specific with regards to a

24   locked container within the vehicle,              in the search warrant, was

25   there?

                                  MICHAEL HURLEY,    CSR
                                    1330 MACKIE DR.
                                  RICHARDSON,   TX 75081
                                      214-226-2547
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 1           A.     I   do not   recall.

 2           Q.     That's certainly something that if you needed to get a

 3   search warrant for, you could have obtained a search warrant for,

 4   is that correct?

 5           A.     Yes.

 6           Q.     I believe you indicated that when you did search the

 7   container, that was something that - if I understand your testimony

 8   correctly, that was after you had interviewed my client, is that

 9   correct?

10           A.     No.

11           Q.     You searched the container prior to the interview with

12   my client?

13           A.     Best    I recall.      Yes.

14           Q.     Okay.    So you searched a locked box prior to

15   interviewing my client.

16           A.     Yes.

17           Q.     And your testimony is, sir, that you don't recall a

18   field test being done on the contents of that locked box.

19           A.     That's correct.

20           Q.     So isn't it true that without verification of a   field

21   test,    it could be any liquid?                                  ^

22           A.    The liquid,      yes.

23           Q.     It's a clear liquid.

24           A.    That's correct.

25           Q.    And isn't it true that when you were first talking to

                                   MICHAEL HURLEY,     CSR
                                     1330 MACKIE    DR.
                                  RICHARDSON,     TX 75081
                                        214-226-2547
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.1   my client,    Mr.   Engle,   you had an opportunity to observe him,           is

 2   that correct?

 3        A.        When I - I'm sorry.             I don't understand your question.

 4        Q.        When - when you said you interviewed my client - you

 5   talked to him,      is that correct?

 6        A.        Yes.

 7        Q.        And that was in one of the interview rooms at the

 8   Greenville Police Department.

 9        A.        That's correct.

10        Q.        And it has the capability of recording both audio and

11   visual.     It's a regular video taping room - interview room -

12        A.        Yes.

13        Q.        - correct?

14        A.        Yes,   ma'am.

15        Q.        So you had an opportunity to get to sit in fairly close

16   proximity to Mr. Engle,         is that correct?

17        A.        Yes.

18        Q.        Those rooms are what, maybe 5 by 5?

19        A.        Maybe 8 by 8.

20        Q.        Pretty small.

21        A.        Yes.

22        Q.        You could pretty much -               the table and the area that you

23   sit in, it's certainly - if it's not arms distance away,                  it's not

24   much more    than   that.

25        A.        That's   correct.

                                    MICHAEL HURLEY,    CSR
                                      1330 MACKIE   DR.
                                    RICHARDSON,   TX 75081
                                        214-226-2547
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 1          Q.        And would it be fair to say that my client was

 2   intoxicated or high on drugs when you talked to him that day?

 3          A.        I   don't believe him to be intoxicated -         or to have been

 4   intoxicated on alcohol.           I believe it was a narcotic.        I would say

 5   that he would be jonesing, if that's understood by everybody.

 6          Q.        And by that you mean that he was using - coming down

 7   from - how would you describe what jonesing means?                 I mean,   I know

 8   what   I    think it means.

 9          A.        Right.   Right.      It's - if you've seen someone really

10   nervous,      they might have the same symptoms.         Eye movement was a

11   little jerky, but certainly was able to communicate with us.

12          Q.        When someone is jonesing is that,           in your experience,

13   something that leads a person to be clearheaded and able to make

14   good rational decisions?

15          A.        Rational decisions,        sometimes not.

16          Q.        And at that point in time that was when you read to Mr.

17   Engle his Miranda warnings, is that correct?

18          A.        It is.    I'm sorry.

19          Q.        Just giving all the call of the wild a chance to go

20   past us here.        All right.     And you receive training with respect to

21   taking custodial interrogations, don't you?

22          A.        Yes.

23          Q.        As a part of your TCLEOSE certification and so forth

24   there's a certain amount of hours of custodial interrogation,

25   correct?

                                   MICHAEL HURLEY,     CSR
                                       1330 MACKIE   DR.
                                   RICHARDSON,   TX 75081
                                        214-226-2547
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 1        A.       Yes.

2         Q.       And one of the elements or one of the things - it's

3    kind of like on a check list that you have to do,                    is make sure that

 4   once you've given the Miranda warnings that the person that you're

 5   going to take a statement from knows what those rights are,

 6   correct?

 7        A.        Yes.

 8        Q.       And knowingly waives or gives up those rights.

 9        A.        Yes.

10        Q.        And certainly if a person is intoxicated or jonesing,

11   that would affect their ability to make a knowing or voluntary

12   statement,    wouldn't it?

13        A.        I would say that in some cases,               yes.

14        Q.        And that was the case with Mr. Engle, wasn't it?

15        A.        No.    '

16                        MS.   GUSTIN:           Pass the witness.

17                        THE STATE:           No further questions from Sergeant

18   Walden,    Your Honor.

19                        THE COURT:           All right.       You may step down.

20   Anything further from the State?

21                        THE STATE:           No further witnesses,           Your Honor.

22                        THE COURT:           Anything further from the defendant?

23                        MS.   GUSTIN:           No,    Your Honor.

24                        THE COURT:           All right.       Any arguments?

25                        THE STATE:           No,      Your Honor.    Well,    the evidence

                                    MICHAEL HURLEY,       CSR
                                       1330   MACKIE    DR.
                                    RICHARDSON,    TX 75081
                                          214-226-2547
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 1   provided by the witness speaks for itself on the manufacture and

 2   delivery charge.     As the State said earlier we don't intend to

 3   produce any evidence in the other charge at this time.                 But that's

 4   no indication from the State whether or not we believe that case to •

 5   be true or not.     We're not going to present any evidence of it

 6   today.   We believe there's been more than probable cause provided

 7   to the court to continue to detain Mr.               Engle in custody for the

 8   manufacturing and delivery charge, Your Honor.

 9                     THE COURT:         Ms.     Gustin.

10                     MS. GUSTIN:           Your Honor,       I think if the court is

11   looking at the information provided, there was no verification the

12   information provided was accurate.                 It was done within a very brief

13   period of time.     The - the probable cause that the State is trying

14   to urge comes from a container within a container that was not part

15   of the search warrant.     I think the totality of the circumstances

16   that the - they're - is weak if any probable cause in this case and

17   ask that you find in that order.

18                     THE COURT:         All right.         The court finds there is

19   probable cause to detain the defendant.                The court's going to take

20   about a 10 minute recess.        I have a phone conference hearing I have

21   to do and then I'll be back to finish up.

22                     (The hearing was concluded.)

                               MICHAEL HURLEY,      CSR
                                    1330 MACKIE   DR.
                               RICHARDSON,    TX 75081
                                     214-226-2547
THE   STATE OF TEXAS

COUNTY   OF   HUNT

I, Michael Hurley, Deputy Official Court Reporter in and for the
354™ District Court of Hunt County, State of Texas, do hereby
certify that the above and foregoing contains a true and correct
transcription of all portions of evidence and other proceedings
requested in writing by counsel for the parties to be included in
this volume of the Reporter's Record, in the above-styled and
numbered cause, all of which occurred in open court or in chambers
and were reported by me.

I further certify that this Reporter's Record of the proceedings
truly and correctly reflects the exhibits, if any, admitted by the
respective parties.

I further certify that the.tp±al cost for the preparation of this
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WITNESS MY OFFICIAL HAND this the             *£—   day of
2013.

                                        MICHAEL HURLEY,      Texas CSR 23
                                        Expiration Date:      12-31-13
                                        1330 Mackie   Drive
                                        Richardson, Texas 75081
                                        (214) 226-2547

                           MICHAEL HURLEY,   CSR
                            1330 MACKIE DRIVE
                       RICHARDSON,   TEXAS 75081
                              {214)226-2547
  Exhibit    "C"

     Orders

      from

Examining Trial

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                                                      NO. 07259 (Sexual Assault)

             STATE OF TEXAS                                                IN THE DISTRICT COURT

             vs.                                                           354th JUDICIAL DISTRICT

             MARK ENGLE                                                    HUNT COUNTY, TEXAS

                                                  ORDER ON EXAMINING TRIAL

                       On                 ., the Magistrate heard matters alleged against MARK ENGLE and finds:
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                                 MARK ENGLE is charged with the offense of SEXUAL-ASSAULT, the degree

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                       ENGLE and it is therefore ordered,that MARK. ENGLE is discharged from custody of the

                       county.

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        MARK ENGLE                                              HUNT COUNTY, TEXAS

                                           ORDER ON EXAMINING TRIAL'

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                                  HUNT COUNTY
                           POST OFFICE BOX 1437 - GREENVILLE, TEXAS 75403-1437

DISTRICT CLERK
STACEY LANDRUM
(903) 408-4172

Mark Engle 1958430
899 FM 632
Kenedy, TX 78119

Dear Mr. Engle,

       Per your request I have sent you both of the "ORDER ON EXAMINING TRIAL" from WRIT #07259.
Unfortunately we do not have Docket Sheets in WRIT'S.

       Please let us know if we can be of further assistance.

Yours truly,

Stacey Landrum, District Clerk
Hunt County, Texas

                  Deputy
Exhibit "D"

    DNA

  Report
                                                                           j^JD% i

                                         TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY
                                                                       CRIME LABORATORY
                                                                            402 W IH 30
                                                                       Garland, TX 75043-5902
                                                                Voice 214-861-2190 Fax 214-861-2194
                                                                  GarlandCrimeLab@dps.texas.gov
            STEVEN C. MCCRAW                                                                                                    COMMISSION    .
                   DIRECTOR                                                                                               A. CYNTHIA LEON. CHAIR
                 DAVID G. BAKER                                                                                            CARINMARCY8ARTH
             CHERYL MicBRIDE                                                                                                     ADA BROWN
            DEPUTY DIRECTORS                                                                                                   ALLAN POLUNSKY

                                                        Forensic Biology Laboratory Report                                     RANDY WATSON

                                                                Issue Date:      August 29, 2013
            Felicia White                                                                             Laboratory # GAR-1212-13765
            Greenville Police Department                                                                 Agency# 201226498
            PO Box 1049                                                                                    County Hunt
            Greenville. TX 75403                                                                      Offense Date   12/07/2012

            Suspect{s):               ENGLE, Mark Eugene (DOB 08/22/68) TX DL 11662971
           Victim(s):                 DOE, Jane {DOB 11/11/91)

            Submission Information:

                    01 - Sexual Assault Kit on December 11, 2012 by Gray, Marcus VIA In Person
                    02 - white paper sack on December 11, 2012 by Gray, Marcus VIA In Person

            Requested Analysis: Screen for biological evidence.

            Evidence Description, Results of Analysis and Interpretation:
            01 : Properly Sealed Sexual Assault Kit from Jane Doe
                 01-01 : Known blood specimen from victim in envelope - Purple top tube
                     No analysis. A portion of the item was collected to be used as a reference.
                  01-02 : Known saliva specimen from victim in envelope
                       No analysis. Item was collected to be used as a reference.
                 01 -03 : Vaginal swabs and smear slide from victim in envelope
                      A presumptive test for the presence of semen was negative on the vaginal swabs. Spermatozoa,
                      semen specific constituents, were detected on the vaginal smear slide.
                 01-04 : Anal swabs and smear slide from victim in envelope
                      A presumptive test for the presence of semen was negative on the anal swabs. Spermatozoa, semen
                      specific constituents, were detected on the anal smear slide.
                 01-05 : Oral swabs and smear slide from victim in envelope
                      A presumptive test for the presence of semen was negative on the oral swabs. No spermatozoa,
                      semen specific constituents, were detected on the oral smear slide.
                 01-06 : Fingernail collection from victim in envelope
                       No analysis.
                 01-07 : Debris swabs from victim's breast in envelope
                     A presumptive test for the presence of semen was negative.
                 01-08 : Urine specimen from victim - Red top tubes (3)
                     No analysis.
                 01-09 : Underwear from victim in sack
                        Acid phosphatase, a nonspecific constituent of semen, was detected on stains. Trace evidence was
                        collected. The collected trace evidence has been packaged with the evidence. No further analysis
                        was conducted at this time.

                                  ACCREDITED BY THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF CRIME LABORATORY DIRECTORS - LAB ACCREDITATION BOARD
TiDPS 07.18.13
                                                                  COURTESY • SERVICE - PROTECTION
                                                                                                                                         Page 1 of 2
          Laboratory Case Number                            Agency Case Number                                       Offense Date
                 GAR-1212-13765                                   201226498                                           12/07/2012

           02 : Properly Sealed white paper sack
                 No analysis on shirt (according to submission form).

           Investigative Leads:
                 DNA analysis may be performed on selected stains from this case. A separate report will be issued upon
                 completion of this analysis.

                 For comparison purposes, please submita known specimen from the suspect when apprehended.
                 Contact the laboratory for instructions on the proper collection method of additional evidence.

                 Iffuture analysis of the collected trace evidence is necessary, please contact the Trace Section.

           Disposition:

                 A portion of the victim's known blood specimen, saliva specimen, vaginal and anal swabs, and stains
                 from the victim's underwear will be retained frozen to preserve the biological constituents.

                 A portion of the blood specimen and the urine specimen from the victim have been forwarded to the
                 Toxicology Section of the Austin DPS Laboratory. A separate report will be issued upon completion of
                 the analysis.

                 We are unable to retain the remainder of the evidence. Please make arrangements to pick up this
                 evidence at your earliest convenience.

           This report has been electronically prepared and approved by:
           Amelia Dowhower
            Forensic Scientist
           Texas DPS Garland Crime Laboratory

TxDPS 07.18,13

Issue Date: August 29, 2013                                                                                                    Page 2 of 2
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                                         TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY
                                                                          CRIME LABORATORY
                                                                               402WIH30
                                                                         Garland, TX 75043-5902
                                                                 Voice 214-861-2190 Fax 214-861-2194
                                                                     GarlandCrimeLab@dps.texas.gov
                                                                                                                                   COMMISSION

             STEVEN CMCCRAW                                                                                                 A. CYNTHIA LEON. CHAIR
                    DIRECTOR                                                                                                    CAR1N MARCY BARTH
                  DAVID G. BAKER                                                                                                  RANDY WATSON
                 CHERYL MacBRIDE
             DEPUTY DIRECTORS
                                                                 DNA Laboratory Report
                                                         Issue Date:      December 04, 2013

          Felicia White                                                                                Laboratory # GAR-1212-13765
         Greenville Police Department                                                                      Agency# 201226498
          PO Box 1049                                                                                         County Hunt
          Greenville, TX 75403
                                                                                                       Offense Date 12/07/2012

          Suspect(s):                  ENGLE, MARK EUGENE (DOB 08/22/1968) TX DL 11662971
         Victim(s):                    DOE, JANE (DOB 11/11/1991)

          Requested Analysis: Perform forensic DNA analysis.

          Please refer to the previous Forensic Biology Laboratory Report dated August 29, 2013.

          Evidence Description. Results of Analysis and Interpretation:
                   Portions of the items were extracted by a method which yields DNA.
                   When necessary, the items were extracted by a two step method which first recovers DNAfrom
                   non-sperm cells (epithelial cell fraction) and then recovers DNA from sperm cells (sperm cellfraction).
                   The DNA isolated was analyzed using STR (Short Tandem Repeat) PCR (Polymerase Chain
                   Reaction) analysis. The following loci were examined: D8S1179, D21S11, D7S820, CSF1PO,
                   D3S1358, TH01, D13S317, D16S539, D2S1338, D19S433, vWA, TPOX, D18S51, Amelogenin,
                   D5S818,andFGA.
                   01-01-AA: Portion of known blood specimen from victim
                       The DNA profile was used for comparison purposes.

                   01-04-AA : Anal swabs from victim in swab box
                        No DNA profile was obtained from the sperm cell fraction of the anal swabs.

                       The partial DNA profile from the epithelial cell fraction of the anal swabs is consistent with the DNA
                       profile of Jane Doe.
                   01-09-AB : Stain from victim's underwear
                       The DNA profile from the sperm cell fraction of stain AB from the victim's underwear is consistent
                       with a mixture from an unknown male and an unknown individual. Due to the low level of data
                       present above our analysis threshold, no comparisons will be made to the unknown indvidual.

                       The DNA profile from the epithelial cell fraction of stain AB from the victim's underwear is consistent
                       with the DNA profile of Jane Doe.

          Investigative Leads and Requirements for Further Analysis:

                   The male DNA profile from the sperm cell fraction of stain AB from the victim's underwear has been
                   entered into the Combined DNA Index System (CODIS).

                                   ACCREDITED BY THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF CRIME LABORATORY DIRECTORS - LAB ACCREDITATION BOARD
TxDPS 10.14.13

                                                                 •   COURTESY • SERVICE • PROTECTION                                       Pagel of 2
Exhibit     »E»

Case!- Hi'st'bry

      of

  Jane     Doe
Case History
(Back)
Case Number       380-83053-2011

Date Filed:       12/13/2011
Case Type:        CR - Filed by Indictment
Status:          Adjudication Pending
Style:            STATE of TEXAS Vs. Shalyn Larie Witcher
JudicialOfficer: District Judge, 380th in 380th District Court

Type       Name                 DOB          Address

Defendant y71^61^'
          Lane
                   Sha,yn       11/11/1991 880 EWinningkoff RD ,Lucas, TX 75002
                                             District Attorney's Office, 2100 Bloomdale, Suite 2004,
State      STATE of TEXAS
                                             McKinney, TX 75071

 Offense                              Offense                                  Fine      Arresting       Arrest
                  Description                    Degree Level       Statute
  Code                                  Date                                  Amount      Agency          Date
              THEFT OF MATERIAL                                                        Collin
                                                          State
           ALUM/BRNZE                                              31.03(e)            County
23990143                            09/12/2011 110        Jail                                         12/31/20
           /COPPER/BRASS                                           (4)(F)              Sheriffs
                                                          Felony
           <$20K                                                                       Office

   Date           Disposition
04/04/2012 Deferred Adjudication

Date           Event Type                                          Comments Cancelled Reason                Til

 11 /29/2011    Pre-lndictment Warrant Fees

                                                                    Stephen
 11/30/2011    Attorney Appointed As Counsel
                                                                   Miller

12/09/2011 Approving Bond by Sheriff
   12/13/2011 Case Filed by Indictment (OCA)

                                                               Bond Set
   12/19/2011    Court Decree                                 at
                                                              $5,000.00

   01/20/2012 First Appearance

   03/02/2012   Announcement

   04/04/2012 Plea-Agreed                                                   Cancelled: Case Disposed 9

                                                               Def.
                                                              pleads
   04/04/2012 General Docket Entry                            guilty - 2
                                                              years Def.
                                                              Adj.

  04/04/2012 Defendant's Plea Agreement Packet

  04/04/2012    Plea

  04/04/2012 Disposition

  04/04/2012 DC-Probation (CSCD)

                                                               No Bond
                                                              Set/Sent to
  12/03/2012 Motion Adjudicate Probation Filed-OCA - Reopen
                                                              SO
                                                              12-5-12

  12/03/2012    Warrant Issued

  01/03/2013    Warrant Received Executed

  01/03/2013 Precept Executed

  01/16/2013 Appearance with Attorney

  01/17/2013    Announcement

  02/01/2013    Plea of True                                  Jail Plea

Financial Summary
                                                             Exhibit »F"

                                                           Correspondence

                                                                from

                                                            Judge Beacom

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COURT REPORTER                                                                             COURT ADMINISTRATOR
903/40&4108                                                                                903/408-^194

                                    RICHARD A. BEACOM, JR.
                                                DISTRICT JUDGE
                                        354TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT OF TEXAS

                                            HUNT AND RAINS COUNTY
                                                 P.O. BOX 1097
                                         GREENVILLE. TEXAS 75403-1097
                                                 (903J40&4194

          August 7, 2014

         Assistant District Attorney
         Steve Lilley
         4th floor
         Hunt County Courthouse
         Greenville, Texas 75401

         Katherine Ferguson
         P.O. Box21
         Greenville, Texas 75401

         Re: Cause No. 29,110-The State of Texas Vs. Mark. Eugene Engle

         Dear Counsel:

         Considering the totality of circumstances, the Court finds there was probable cause
         within the four comers of the Application for Search Warrant, for a warrant to issue for
         search of evidence of a sexual assault. Therefore the Motion to Suppress is denied.

         The Court is setting this forjury trial September 29. 2014, with pre-trial September 9.
         2014.

         Please present an order.

         Sincerely,

                 A. Beacom, Jr.
         Judge, 354th Judicial District Court
   Exhibit    »G"

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Motion to Suppress
                                      CAUSE NO. 29,110

THE STATE OF TEXAS                          §             IN THE DISTRICT COURT
                                            §
VS.                                                       OF HUNT COUNTY, TEXAS
                                            §
                                            §
MARK EUGENE ENGLE                           §             354TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT

                          ORDER ON MOTION TO SUPPRESS

       THE COURT, after receiving evidence and hearing arguments of counsel, DENIES the
Defendant's Motion to Suppress.

      Signed this     (( day ofSeptember, 2014.

                                                              ORIGINAL SIGNED BY
                                                        RICHARD A. BEACOM JR.. JUDGE
                                                      Richard A. Beacom, Jr.
                                                      Judge, 354th District Court
   Exhibit "H"

    Dismissal

        of

Controlling,,Case::
                                               OFFICE OF

                                   DISTRICT ATTORNEY
                               Hunt County Courthouse, 4th Floor
                                             P. O. Box 441
                                   Greenville, Texas 75403-0441
                                    (903) 408-4180-Telephone
                                    (903) 408-4296 - Facsimile
                               NO ACTIOM DISPOSITION BFPHPT
  Date: OCTOBER 6,7014 ..
  DISTRICT ATTORNEY FILE NUMBER- 1304081
  DEFENDANT: MARK ETJGFNF FNP,t p "
  DATE OF OFFENSE: 12/07/2012
  OFFENSE:       SEXUAL ASSAT ttt
  DATE OFFENSE REJECTED: OCTOBER 6 2014
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         Complainant signed non-prosecution affidavit
         Unable to obtain requested additional paperwork
         Case was not filed before Statute of Limitations ran
         Unable to show sufficient elements ofoffense under penal code
        Complainant has refused to sign acomplaint and/or statement
        Co-Defendant convicted, Insufficient evidence this Defendant
        Defendant has completed pretrial Diversion

                                               Respectfully submitted,

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                                                                                                             iOZ5S5540 U.S. 551 (2004).

                       Article 32.D2 Dismissal By State's Attorney

     The attorney representing the State may, by permission of the Court, dismiss a

criminal action at any time upon filing a uritten statement uith the papers in the case

setting out his reasons for such dismissal, which shall be incorpated in the judgement of

dismissal. No case shall be dismissed uithout the counsel of the presiding judge.

                                           I.

     Statutory interpation requires Court to seek to effectuate the collective intent or

purpose of the legislators who enacted the legislation, by focusing it's attention on the
                                           (1)
staute's text and attemping to discern the fair , objective meaning of that text at the
time Df it's enactment.

       If a statute is clear and unambiguous the Legislature must be understood to mean

what it has expressed, and it is not for the Courts to add or subtract from such a :ri;;.i

statute." Fryer v. State, 993 S.U.2d.385 (Tex.App.Ft.Worth 1999).

       Code of Criminal Procedure's express statutory provision and clear unambiguous
language contained in Article 16.17, is arguably a critical stage for sixth and foun±-i
teenth Amaendment analysis.

       Statute providing that the Judge make and enter orders within 4B hours after the

Examining Trial has been had and failure to do so operates as a finding of No Probable
Cause and the accused shall be discharged is very concise. The Court was under the veil
of a Writ of Habeas Corpus at the time of this hearing.

       Once this statute has been ignored it creates a storm of wrongful acts against the

accused. Nothing the Court can da will stop the storm under the Statute of Due Course of
Lau.

       To support the Due Course of Lau the accused was to be dischargeed. Operation of
Law is by the Due Course of Lau. No Probable Cause is enough to stop the Court from
even entertaining a bond hearing. Let alone a Speedy Trial Complaint in a motion to
dismiss.

       The Court uas clearly on a fishing expedition to gain a conviction.

This Honorable Court can review the proceeding had under Writ 07259.

                                            (2)
                                               II.

         A complete miscarriage of justice was had uhen the Court continued to seek a

 conviction by uay of a facially invalid search warrant. The particularity requirement

 states the warrant should describe "as near as may be" the person's or things to be

 seized. This facially invalid Search Warrant does not even allege a crime-let alone a

 criminal.

         In Groh v. Ramirez, 540 U.S. 551 (2004), The Supreme Court, Justice Stevens, held

 that;

         (1) Search Warrant that utterly failed to describe the persons or things to be

             seized was invalid on it's face not withstanding that requisite particularized

             description was provided in search warrant application;

         (2) residental search thatjwas conducted pursuant to this facially invalid warrant
             could not be regarded as "reasonable" though items to be seized exercised

             restraint in limiting scope of search to that indicted in application; and

         (3) Bureau of Alchol, Tabacco abd Firearms (BATF) agents who had prepared and

             executed warrant werernot entitled to qualified immunuty from liability."

         Search warrant that utterly failed to describe the persons or things to be seized

was invalid on it's face, not withstanding that requisite particularized description

was provided in search warrant application, where the description was not incorporated

by reference in search warrant itself, and where application, having been sealed, did

not accompany warrant. U.S.C.A Const.Amend.4.

j^r'._•-_•_ Thus j^absent exigent circumstances a uarrantless entry to search for ueapDns or

contraband is unconstitutional even uhen a felony has been committed and there is probable
Cause to believe that incriminating evidence will be found within," at 587-586, 100 S.Ct.
                                             (3)
1371 (footnote omitted).

                                           Ill

      Now look at the search warrant signed by Ex-Judge Tittle labeled Exhibit "A",

It is alclear case of 4th Amendment Violation. On top of the fact the District Attorney's

office namely, Steve Lilley has a duty to insure everything is on the level in all pro

ceedings had under his supervision in the Court room.

      Wherefore, Premises Considered, Defendant prays that this Honorable Court consider

the totality of the circumstances, along with the history of the case which lacks Due

Course of Law, and know that but for a facially invalid search warrant a conviction

would never have been obtained. Defendant further prays that this Court will Dismiss this

case with prejudice as it is the only relief that is proper.

                                                                  Respectfully Submitted,

                                                                  Mark Eugene Engle
                                                                                     Pro-Se

                                  Certificate of Service

      This is to certify that a true and correct copy of the above and foregoing document
                  &&          April
was served on the 32n& day of -Jtirro 2D15 and delivered by U.S. Postal Service to Donna

Meeks Court Administrator, 354th Judicial District Court, Hunt County, Greenville,Texas.

                                                                  Mark EugentEngle     Pro-Se

                                            (4)
                                    Cause    No.   29110

Mark Eugene Engle                             §                 354th District Court

       v.                                     §                 Hunt Country
State of Texas                                §                 Greenville, Texas

                                            Order=—=

      On the -'•"• • day of         2015 came on to be considered Mark Eugene Engle's

Motion to Dismiss with Prejudice.

      Said Motion is hereby;

      []     Granted

            Or

      [] Denied

                                                               Judge Presiding

                                        (5)
                                             Exhibit "L"

                                               Unsworn

                                             Declaration

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