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Date Created: 2024-04-14 07:15:47.930699+00
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Petition for Writ of Mandamus Denied and Memorandum Opinion filed April
9, 2024.

                                       In The

                     Fourteenth Court of Appeals

                               NO. 14-24-00116-CR
                               NO. 14-24-00117-CR

                 IN RE DARREN TRAMELL HUGES, Relator

                         ORIGINAL PROCEEDING
                          WRIT OF MANDAMUS
                             240th District Court
                          Fort Bend County, Texas
           Trial Court Cause No. 20-DCR-090968 & 20-DCR-090974

                          MEMORANDUM OPINION

      On February 15, 2024, relator Darren Tramell Hughes filed a petition for
writ of mandamus in this Court. See Tex. Gov’t Code Ann. § 22.221; see also Tex.
R. App. P. 52. In the petition, relator asks this Court to compel the Honorable
Surendran K. Pattel to “to issue written rulings on all relator’s motions and to grant
said motions. . .”1

       Relator is represented by counsel. A defendant is not entitled 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). Moreover, in the absence of a
right to hybrid representation, relator’s pro se petition for writ of mandamus
presents nothing for this Court’s review. See Patrick v. State, 906 S.W.2d 481,
498 (Tex. Crim. App. 1995); Turner v. State, 805 S.W.2d 423, 425 n.1 (Tex. Crim.
App. 1991).

       Relator has not established that he is entitled to mandamus relief.
Accordingly, we deny relator’s petition for writ of mandamus.

                                       PER CURIAM
Panel consists of Chief Justice Christopher, Justices Zimmerer and Wilson.
Do Not Publish — Tex. R. App. P. 47.2(b)

       1
        Relator states that the motions are a motion to reinstate his bond, a motion to suppress,
and a motion to dismiss.

                                               2