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Date Created: 2016-09-28 22:17:34.64267+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T09:26:49.105852
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REGIoNAL PUBLIC DEFENDER FoR CAPITAL CASES
P. o. Box 2097
1 Lubbock, Texas 79408
Main Phone: (806) 775-5650
Fax: (806) 775-7954

 

August 15, 2013

Mr. Chuck Williams #620981
Joe F. Gurney Unit E1-49B
1385 FM 3328

Palestine, Texas 75803

Re: Your Request for Information as Referred to Me by CAAP; Record #607731
Dear Mr. Williams:

I am writing in response to your letter that I received from the Client-Attorney Assistance
Program of the State Bar of Texas. Please note that I am no longer employed with the Dallas
County Public Defender’s Office and your letter was forwarded to my new employer at the
Lubbock office, which was then forwarded on to me at my horne office. I received your letter
today and please note that this initial response is drafted and mailed this same day.

First, I was never appointed as your attorney-of-record» in this matter. Initially, you were
represented by Mr. F rank Douglas, and when he changed court assignments (as is a common and
rout1ne practice in the Public Defender’S Office), you were then represented by Mrs. Elisha
_Enoksen. Both are still employed by the Dallas Public Defender’s Offlce and can be contacted by
mail at the following address: 133 N Riverfront Blvd, LBZ, Dallas, Texas 75207-4399.

 

 

Second, as l do not readily available access to your case file, I can neither confirm nor deny that
1 had a videoconference with you on the date you noted (i.e., December 11, 2012). I can say,with
absolute certainty, however, that vldeoconferences are neither audio nor video recorded so ft is

_. not possible for me to provide you with a copy of any such communication I have sent a copy of
this letter to Mrs. Enoksen, and I will ask her to review her file for information and notes about a

€videoconference. b

(Third, while I was never your attorney of record§l do however have public access to the
documents you requested Therefore, I have attached the following documents:

 

 

 

 

 

1.J udicial Information 7.Motion to Strike Enhancement

2.lndictment Paragraphs

3.Aff1davit for Arrest 8.Admonishment RegardingParole
` 4.Judgment Violations

5.Plea Agreement 9.Certiflcation of Appellate Rights

 

6.Judicial Confession

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Last, I see in the public record that, as indicted, you could have faced a minimum 25 year
sentence in the penitentiary, and that the Assistant District Attorney’s initial offer (via your then
attorney F rank Douglas) was 30 years imprisonment I See from thejudgment and associated
record that your attorney Elisha Enoksen was able to have the State strike the enhancement
paragraphs and negotiated the minimum sentence of two (2) years, and that your fine was
probated by the Court.

I will write to you if and when I receive any additional information - if any - from your original
file, which is with the Dallas County Public Defender’s Offlce. Please be advised that retrieving
a file from storage may take some time, so please be patient.

Thank you for your time and consideration

S lncerely’ Digita||y signed by Matthew Seymour
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Matthew Seymour

cc Jessica A. Bergeman [via email]
Elisha Enoksen [via email]

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