Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2023-04-24 07:08:24.96388+00
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Opinion issued April 20, 2023

                                      In The

                               Court of Appeals
                                      For The

                          First District of Texas
                             ————————————
                               NO. 01-23-00235-CR
                            ———————————
                IN RE JASON MICHAEL BADYRKA, Relator

            Original Proceeding on Petition for Writ of Mandamus

                          MEMORANDUM OPINION

      Jason Michael Badyrka, incarcerated and acting pro se, filed a petition for writ

of mandamus seeking to compel the trial court to (1) provide findings of fact and

conclusions of law supporting the court’s order denying Badyrka’s motion to
suppress confession and (2) direct supplementation of the appellate record to include

certain items Badyrka asserts have been omitted.1

      Badyrka is represented by appointed counsel in his pending appeal of his

criminal conviction. Badyrka’s pro se petition for writ of mandamus thus presents

nothing for our Court to review because a criminal defendant is not entitled to hybrid

representation. See Patrick v. State, 906 S.W.2d 481, 498 (Tex. Crim. App. 1995)

(because appellant was represented by counsel and was not entitled to hybrid

representation, appellant’s pro se supplemental brief presented nothing for review);

Gray v. Shipley, 877 S.W.2d 806, 806 (Tex. App.—Houston [1st Dist.] 1994, no

writ) (orig. proceeding) (overruling pro se motion for leave to file mandamus

petition because relator was represented by appointed trial counsel and not entitled

to hybrid representation); see also In re De La O, No. 04-16-00826-CR, 2017 WL

95925, at *1 (Tex. App.—San Antonio Jan. 11, 2017, orig. proceeding) (mem. op,

not designated for publication)

      Accordingly, we deny Badyrka’s petition for writ of mandamus. Any pending

motions are dismissed as moot.

1
      The underlying case is The State of Texas v. Jason Michael Badyrka, cause number
      20-CR-2912, in the 405th District Court of Galveston County, Texas, the Honorable
      Jared Robinson presiding.
                                 PER CURIAM

Panel consists of Justices Landau, Countiss, and Guerra.

Do not publish. TEX. R. APP. P. 47.2(b).