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LIST OF A\JntORIT!ES
C.o DE oF APf.'t:LLAI£ PRocEt:bvRf: ~ B\JLE 31 '5 (9) Pc().1
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c. onE o't: CRI/V\INAL PRoc.IXDu~E- ~- Arkc.\e II t51· P~/1
C.oDE OF CRIMINAL PRQEE.DvR.E. P ARriTL£ ll ~01 ~·3(J} P~-;2.
c.oo£. oF CRrMitJAL PRoillov~E ~ Rule BoA. A(5\ P<a· .s·
MARr-IN v. lY\RNa..L (Are ~7 orst. 19<17 ~9bo sw, 2J. B1s,P9.LP
MARTIN \}. HAM LrN ( 1a-.com, frcr..·lovo}; 25. Sw,3J~. 7t9r\9 P<jJ 12.
SE.~ fDN V~ STATE (2ooo) ~ .51 Sw. 3d. 't?4 P<a .. (P
Ttt'f jjl:h /l\M'W\£1\JDM£Nf OFCoN.STt -~ .Dvf PRocess Pg~3;4
\JE I( NtJ N ANN (ODE oF CRrm• .J:Rnc. t Ar±lcl e II: az "5<d) P3 ·1t1.
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The '1~tQtor Col\ tends +hqti:he ev\'cfe'*uqr-'t \')eqrfn~)fh:it
\.Jns den'veJ -ttomihe i"N-ict\ hctbeuS c_orp~1 ~1 q+crs qtfome.y1Ale)(,q.,J1
ertfered t6flto record .vl'o..s i"aTa Jl:.H ~r\d~,·, heon·t)s· Howe.ve~ th~':lkthe
h(!Qf"tnj diJ prem.afurely e()~ itJe eJJi</en ce h~ctrd Wets o+mo rv)ef\~
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prep orf-ion ,L.n-f~vor cf relator 1wi+J., I'Yfvc.h mor~ favomhk C!Vt:de.nce
ov~~ 1lable atihatt-ifl'\~ hvf was nd- 9•vc:.11 at-1 erp~rlun;+r+o ~hea~.
\here fo~ felc,tor \Aia5 e<are'j I.OL'S\ y h QJ'med by-Jhe· pre.m~ore
erld ''"<j, eve"' f\1e>~ S£1 harmed by-·-fhe W')t' S'Stl13"tRln.scr:i.p.{ o+
fhe hea.n'n<j 1aVlcJ 1ls nothe10!j avtt\1Ql1(e frr-rv\ihe D istrid- Cle.,-~.
Relato..-'s IQ,tf.omey-1 alle3 ed\y aba-ted re/crbrs Appeu\ t'n o.ffler
·rotr'lein( t'nlt.ot habeus. £~Vj.hrtl1e 4ppe:tl CCJo rts Jud~eMerrl
\,v'as rendered th.19qs:·fhe Y)C)rmatiwoyt!XlrS ~peck.-d'/.th~··nrhQ) ~h{:_Q$
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5hovid bcwe b~en forwav-JeJ·+o+h~s Gvr+ iinrt.>~.C~~Iyvnof- heicl vn+~l
1q <i8· Cl+tY>9: (Y/ARrrN V· HAM L£N, (Tex .(nm., App .2!W). 26 s w. 3d ·7t~~7 i9
The Ccde&COMi,rxxf Proceed vre S.pec.i fi'c·al ty s-h~a+ l:W\derane C.o>ver
Gl \ re~ve~eJ reconk,Tf'Qnscn'p+ lf1c/~~J l ctYe ·-b..bE' i' mmeJiq+e:ly
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TVct.n.sM,"JteJ to~~ Cbvrl ot w·/Yl')l~aj 1/l)ff'ea.ls.. Cit.·~~: fe<kcl' co:niinal
-,rC/ceed e Artfcle ti /lJ7 ?(~), Verno~ 4J(\ COde of Cr·(fr>.Att;~ti~D7 ~),
The Hcnoro..ble Yvck:J~ ~corn Ben-\\ey ID J1 .. -1-he-h--~1 in~
Cavse ..U<f'-5, and he~ ihepcu4t:(tf evidentvaty he<2n~pt1J s(isq\--Hie
J.l'\d Jvdltia( Dfsirid Covr+ o·f01erok;ee (~~ Rusf<1T~, arJ1who Y<.?la~;(
E?Sipec·ts achon ~~ r~~;ruard' +C) re~ace1n5 "the mispfac<:rJ i-mf\Scr1j,J+.
~ ~c.::(Qfc.r1 hE.Jcre h{s-tll,·nJithis ~lri+d Wbndllm~diJ al+ernPf-'
~-~~-·"·~ Q Si'mipte M·uh'6nioihe· Otsfn'd-Cwu'rl-1-fct'i ib·e R:?plocemetrl-atk
T tai'\S·cn ~•. if:)ll,qi(eJ ~n_.tq.~e:ts. The ncm·-'rt:Spons~ is ~hl-cJ.a~ot ~
STATEMENT OF JuRrsuiCTIOf\1
1he lexo.s Cov!t of' Cn.m1na l ,Appeols under avthon'ty ~ ihe
"Texas Cor~Biitvt,·o() 1 has Ju-lsd(c+&on to issve finqnc:!bmv~
To O.r'\y lower .Crit'Y.l/n·at Covrt t'n Texas. ~elutors convid/ot) .
(n 'Texds 2nd .JlJJieiCil Otrtrk.f Covrl; C'hero~ee ~Is J~~;c;Jk:t(on ..
ISSUES PRESE'NTED
'll,e mai., po,n t ···n ~vc:S"'h o~"'· ,·~er~ ,·sthetranscdpt':- +o
.the parl-hll €videntvu''Y he<v-;".9' held byi+Je 2nd Jud'ic.la\ DiSI!tt'd-
Covv-t o~ July l}lqq31 Ctttn~:. .lfpp€ndlx P3,(ij).
Why i~ there (~lran.sc.npt +o ad lt-fereY)+ heun ()9 l'.f} 1-\)e
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file fft>m Mo.y .l.lr.1'1 q3 hv"t hotthe +ra.r\Scn'pt ih~ve5.fi·o(.). See~
Jl.)~ppendix P<J'• LB), "'TheC'terhs ~"5Jerl•i1sLthe n.,Sfr.•'-1\ l+)torfle't;
Shov)l d be. eon-h_~J in iregvard +cith.e ffC\nscn'pt-t·s noti'm.ere ,r, the
fvles of proceedure,Retcr+or- ex pec:ts -the DISfi'il.'c+ Co~('ler~
'to.fol )ow The $Q.n'}c CoCJe ot: Cg·t'wunQ\ ptl)ceec9vre h·e tY\a~es av.\)
effor+ +afof!ow See~ AppendiK P9' (~J ·-thefrtH1SCn'p+ tnos·+
( erta.:ird¥ S~ould o-f beer') Sen++o the CotJrt ofCr,m;t)Q( Appeo\ s
as then .ti- Wovk} be OiiCtilQb\ethrcJugh ·the Stq.+e la_..v Li brcir'-t··
Cif,~nj! /lrt. JJ; 0} C'ooE of Cr,~rn. fte>cv ia\so Verno" /lntl CoJe Sec."S<JJ.
lhe Covr+:S hQI+t'n9 the hean'"9 on Ju\1~1qq3C\tthern~ere
vY)e;;\-{ont r\~ o-f Coerc (o0 Of\d QSSClvd-\- j'vSf-ot.ri:-st'de the G,vri-roc>~
doors the hear~ ns .rhe etff-t,'re recorel
cl un'r,3 ·the tnql /ef)J ed
~the hearl~ S'hOtli,J of ~een $(?1ft toflile C~rt&fCn~.~a((
·Apfeals al-tf\ot·f,me 1 ()at hetJ ·-for-fl've yea~. Ci+i'Vl9'· JA'lqrf)·r1 v4.
Hom/t'o 1 -J. 5 S vJ, 3d· 718r11 {T~. Code~ PJpp 2ooo.,._
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ISSUES PRESENTED
.Relcth( presumes th~ evt'c/e,ltvca('y heariflj hetJ WQsonty
permitted for ti,e pufpo.se ~ hEann3 e.videt,cc ·ci- possib\e {or~nce
of f~\crrcf,~ Sfe.dt(.eal\y toheqr f\l,·e (C(QI~ifon of .labiha.8row.,O<Jf'7,Wi\o
al\ -the ·'ulo.y -€~0\'Y\ GadsJei"iALa. Whefetabifhc.
Cc:M;.. e haJ
tos=ei-he
1hefapt'st-+CJ t\el·p her regoin her OtbiHty iC) &pto~- CMecf+he··f{.-st
·tha'n~s slh.e ~id 1 c&fer re~Q/·f)t~ her Speech W'·as 1o ncr d~ lo \")
"jotJ pleas-e taKe.tr)e back to Tex.as, 1-o-tl,e .C6t~t+ .:>or: en.,+ett·tkc=
trvth 1a.VlJ -~,'the affldl)vt.+, 5 ee~ fl ff01Ji)((/1).a.nJ it.le heo.nhs
iha+ i\i1e ttOtnort~bJe Jvdf)e jus+ dkl not see;~+o warr.t-4-t> hc-Qf'·
It •'5 (e{ato(> undec:s-+anJ(.,3 ,ctnd Qccor.d/"9+CJJYtlc'ss~n•'s
Bn:nvn 1Tab.'thas s*p mom1 ·ihert- Ta.bd·ha. went severa.\ ,..,..,c.trlhs
he-fore re~Q;vu·n9 her Speech cJter bo~i-h~et.\d 1 osSC<vHd
all by ihe h')W\ ·fh ehcl of ihlc!' mather ( lt'nda Bi.~ha.m~ o9-the Ot\c?
~E'r aHe~eJ to be VICt.-Jm> o::f- frlctl . s~nrwtVlfck 'be.dQrcrh6h. .
ot Apr.end;x. ~ela+or fee(s ·t.h.at Due Prvces5 \Ja-s def\)eJ hi'""
a-t ·the pcu·-h'ol ~~eun0J -~A) ere witness.ts who Wene ,ye+ QS$0uttcJ1
or. Saw ·~e Cts'Sauif 1 bv+ Were hev.e·..- 9tven 'the eppertvni~'l
fo +es-\-!'fy. ·Th·e fV~an£-tt•Jpts fbt be1~9 ava,·lQble 1 and +he h~s
being held 1 <?er.+.a,'¥J,~y i-s. t).o.+ QY\, e')(cep-4-d caseot-lbnst;t@a"a)
W,efh~ol csY· .
~rhap.5 i' f ih e '-lorn oft\ b\e ~vJs e hc.J o!IC>W~J ·~'brfha.
ofew mae vnomenis ·to s-pa::d<. S'he 1rno..y o+ e.xpooV~ded o~ 1he
effects she deri veJ ..Pr"~ ·-\he assc.tvf,+ by Clcv~ ~The" iheJiudje
May of ~ainc.tJ, a MIIC~ CJ·f{~t:rter- ·teel,n3·ot -the l~portan<e
of ~er ie~; rnony, This (sst~e Serves·tq \~J\.cQ-4-e ll1es1§l1i·tittn"e<:
O{ +he te'6vesfeJ ttctY.)s·cn ph
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STATEM.E\\J\ OF FACIS
(1.) Th~ -tro t'\5C r ,\ pt fs net tt1·-\he Ct-er:11s -fl')e fv1"svan++v.
Code--of Froceed.u .rc:: ~ See; Append1.X.· E"xt ~)
(2.·)The Tra,nsc.ript: iS no+cxvail~blc tore\crlor.s~~ Atpperdcx
~ >< • (\J) (F)
(3~ Evidence ln the tra.n.s·cn.p+ is .vr+a\ to relcrtors C(a"{O\S'
<:f ficlvet \ Inr1c:x.ence ~ fv,·d €ni i'n .record~
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~~)Relator has -fi Jed a recen~ Mol{oY\ f~r rep\ac,tne~Tf-
See; Append\x, £~{~)
(5) Het a_te1r h'as a n~ htto itlis evidence t'"n h',s-favov
"f({V>m his own padlcd evldenf~A,.J heafJ"3 re!ct!f-or
\hos a (o,f\s+itvf,ona I ·r·1 ~hi to '"fui5 ev,·de~.ce , ;41Yl Amt\'\evJ_
(<o.~ ~e\ o+o f bef i eves thctl eve11 th'ts Covr+ Wov(d ()~
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i~ v 1€ w -ti1 e run.Sc. r,· pt ·for fhe Courts dclerm •-~~n
ot Q_ l-labeqs C.crpl.J5 ' Code 0~ C-'{I.'N\l~C<_( pR;~c, j (,'a7
(7·) A~.o+or hQs p k\ced herei't1 +?e Ap pef)d' tx ~ A·pu3 e o~
~I? Brret the Slctte presc:n+eJ -Th.,. retcr\o~.s Afpe:tl.
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lhe_.P<l9e o,oljoc..e"-t- describes wha.+ +he rdq-\.gr
CoV\elaet'.S t£?> befoJseness Th c · ).
+ ~ . ., · e vtrnp -e pro d. uc--t_ ·• · _n
. -+ne fa.I'\S'crr ft W1!l't-eH the cort~d vers(oY)
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1\f'fevlcl i~ £1'\1i bi-t(c.)
Relqtors (ontenta'on is fhct+ he did not reo·cv<:: o. -t'vu QnJ
·foi(' ev)'den+u~('t .hecu··tn:~ 1 ~, 1 ~-"}1'19"3.,AnJ has ncv~• bee:n ~'ircn
qr) opper+vn •'+y to pv rcnas<: the tlflAnscn'pt of the '">eun1;..3 ~-th ,
Years of at+~tn~pts.The TrR-lnscd p+ Coklvs--;'vekt prove's ·the hea..-; ..,3
Was f'\Df fv\\ or ·fairpYIJ will prove the +nal iit;r1a,.,J
\.Vtts'Ao+
not- be,·'\9 ~~ie+opvrehq~·ethe evl'clen(e/t's no-t··f<:t·,r E>it·her.
-n-,etnal s+C\rt~Jw,'fh Tab;+hQ Brown a6the ve0ff,t r.s+ 4
~~~·-+n-ess. She etierted th~ Courlra~-n ~··c.:\o)t'n9 ur\d 6Crelm~~ .. Her
&y ~·s- were kv fo'Hc:tl, be1~ li+-eruJ I~ d Yn<j<j eJ 'by h.:r Mcsther-j.,·\'he
'WI+ness stQvrl The 14tbrney tor rd<\k 'I eti(ed C>t.i~ H\ :stnq \1 bv+
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The Hovto(1'J{b\e Jud9e den;.eJ 'rt. Bas.) <:a\\ y1la.h; th Q th-en bec.am.e
~ QVa il ab\e lil*-1 ea.sf Q((or-d,h9 to+:he S'ta~e. Howev~r·th~ s~
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cwedod<eJ a cl ovse ofitlere n:Ae Bo4 '~5)'7wh;c.h 6to.testh.afq
Wi-tt'\esS' is i~ UV\UVai\etb\e lf·fhere bee~ threqteJ'\ectTh·e $'hJe J\J
-\"\d- bother to it1~v\re oflObilbG\ w'hy She \.\.US So d.•s1-~ssed 1 bvtc:AiJ
a~l.owfhe tM~I)CAVi.1j Jvry'+o a-ssvme she UJaS ·terror{f\·~o{~e
re\Q+or. .
1he <X+iont o~TabH-~,Q ot tna(
}ui \y ,;rJ,ca-\e·-that-she w<Jts
Just' assau \t~1 C?onJ s en•o vs:~-x t1~ re<rleneJ Witt, JeG\\-h .:J"vsA- as
She s'kl*eJ other retat')tai-/on,.C6tnbl'ne~ wHh los/n,s herubrt'rl-1
to sped< anJ Seea.'n-.9 otherap,~+ af+erwavcls1 inJ,cutes·ihe Veruclty
of her +es+;mc,fly, .Tabifhq "totJ ·fetv>o\e ~ftc·er's ~e:tore-trtctl·+ha+
S~e.loveJ CJetf)r;elatT-or. Ofc·ovrse;-the S-Me vt(\\.Zed-#tl.s ti) avevy,
hrAfm·fv\ wo.y-fhe bes+·fhey Could1 bu+·#.e+cvth has q way of-
5hOVJ,'~3. itself)e1 ,1ib.;{h~, Wovld n:~ ~e feo.rf'vl of,relci~or j.{: ~he
-1-vl\J officers she ,,CJV<td· hm·\',Q\so she wov'J ..,crl-ast(daJ.fc,bnljhe•
bat~, -to !e.)(c6}6·1-i\e dreaded Covr-+1 1-\! 'f) be Was ~en ~J ~ relqt~
A.R6UM£NT
~ .1\L CLAR\< JR, Who Tab+ha S9-y5 S\affecll1e:raf~h"~rmoth~r-
QC:.v"~5 there: ~aces1 cu1cl-thre.q\-eneJ tol-f''' ihem is e'n pn5on torP).wt\~r;
Relator tJnd er.s-\at'\ds+hctt he \4J'cts COI"\V\<.4-d of- 10f?(2> Q\~o,aJ OO"er+er
o.s Clav-·'< aVld l1fnS \)oWl Wer< tr'/ 1 ~~rtb ~-tort (elqtof" a+tiwne- c.~ h\s
arrest. They we'~ JemGind'ti9 mo."'ey-n:-n. . ·the·n·-to drop·-\"e-fQ)se
ChaifjC'S a.s reicttor tes+i·+~c-d cd-trtc.}, f3th'jhards daUJhterWho ·
Wasthe other alleged Vtctt:~ /n -{his C<iS<y9rewv,o ~~~;c~ 1 her rv)~I"Y\
Li i'\dq B ,.;9hcrm/l t'ed on:-the mnrnec~ e f I (:ence So she cou\J Cje+n'\Q{¥'; eJ
'to a {el'to'IO wh 0 h.c.J Jbst reiei\rcJ serfol%' mo'lley 1-+her1 teHs he~' n~.~
~~vt~~ her hL1§barJ {s fQ(>•bs hetj So WD·v,J yov h~'n h;Mfor'M-e~ 'She-
. l5 ~ o pnso() Q,l~o.See ~· Sex±on v. 5~cftc, 51 SvJ;·3J, L,ol\(2.ooo);
Re\ator h~·tr,·d toi'nchc'O-kthe tMfo~nct> a\' his recelvin3
the -tro(\SC.ript;Ond n~pe-.\?vt\y has .ShowYl ·fhqf -fhe Covrl- J~·J not
·fvll ft \liheft: oEll~ a+i0.'\ to ·fhe code cl fh, c_~edu re it-t mceny \JJO..~J.5'
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-The 1-es+ -for ddcnn; ruhg re l ct+ol.s E'f\-b'-tle 01 ent to· f'Y1anJatT\v5
re~ v·ires ~elu+or +o esW..hit~h (1J That she no.s t')l'J ad~ vcr\-t>
femf:.dy a+ l o:w,c~.nd 0..:) That She s~el):..s -to Con'Yif>el.\ 0.
,~tv)•'n;·s{·ericd oc.f. i ar-tho.l Covr-\- has cl;eo.tt y abused i:+s .
discre. ~ro"' -~ c.rt-o;3 ·, Mod-io V, Darn d\,. 9 &P> sw. 2J,. 8"3«0( APt
7 Dtsh l997L 'VrcA Govemmplt Code~ 22,.22\ at4 \,.W\cu1d4MLJ45~
(ONCLUSIOI\J
\1e\afot~'has WJad~ ev~ry attempt
o+ er/ef:V le~t r-emedy .
-for o~·er :lo -y~:s )and hos n~ oJ~ucd-e revneCAyctf. )o..w'J3ecavse
~·the D,s4n'c.+s C\ erks n~o+·followlng ~ro·Ceedlvte's,.cu~·d f.)~o+ keef/Tlj
there reco~s ;fl·-fheQ:" p\ace1 ~r'J r"o+ f!ultf'HJ1nj ob\i,gatfcH'\-5 fc,
the PV'l;J cee(}u(es dr.1d d •'rec-\-·t~f>s: o-t -thi;5, (au r.-+ I
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CONCLUSION:
C. It (n:1 : Ar+,· cl e. \l: 511 (oq e o\. Cn'm/nq\ Proceedvr'c..Als e
Ci+,·~"~:l: fk+ic.\e.- 3.1·. 5(g) CoJe a\= Aff?ellcdc: Pr.oceedvre, !tit~e
(e.\ llt or had fJ.t't"f recordSI SO.ve an appeal bri et1 he rnn./ CoukJ
of Jone So J'V\\e-l-h~t ·.,,3 t e<jdl 't'/ to he l p hI :.,m Sel.f" t4o,welf':c:c fl-~91
. Covrt has· never Qr>5 we·("ecl a~':/ ot his Wla*-;ons (.:\~ . the pa~
for ·r"'eCo~d.Sj0r hard lf ev.e·v.'\ to any hJQt\ a:~a~t.\: · ' ...
"~---Retator has s+tt+ctd 'VY'Juny +h;ng.s herera1 th1s Wr~t,-thcrt-
Ct\ t t5 Svr-\nc e IY)o.y .§~iv.)~ UhV\~~~ssary t~f) 'Q W\unoh::~·M\1~ ·i'arw
a TrQ.Y\Sc rt'pt "the infol'FYP+toc-'1 f)erei n Shows q po-ss)La\ e
lV\-fen+ ;tor-thetrat'\5Cr•'p{ ·to r>of be C\Vai.}.Qb.(~, /1-} (ea$rof)
-f~r -the h0ld.in:J ofihe pn;or. l-1fabeas; i'l'l Jqq3jand o reGlSof'\
for a h&f' ,r,9 nd tob~ ~vfl and· fct', r., S<:!e':· E~h:'bi+(t)(A~p~c\ix.
. ~e~la4-of" Pra.ts th1 s Cour{ fo for:p·ve ~f5 llctc..K' ot '}e<jcd
S~lll 1a"'d tafry to tMder.s+a"'d his si.-tuqfi.or);.~nd R-ays-t~~·s-
i4e>~orab)e Coo~ ,wiH. <jfQnt ·th;·s wr;+ 4o CefV)pell the 2nd
JuJ it iQJ 0' 1'str)c+ Cour.'+ o-f Cherol~ee CevYI.+y le.><qs 1 ·-ro
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COUNTY OF ---=~=.uofo=llh=~.£.&tl...___ _ __
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BEFORE ME, the undersigned authority, on this day personally appeared
TABITHA BROWN, who, being by me duiy sworn on oath deposes and says:
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. I, Tabitha Brown, hereby swear that twas never touched in my private area by
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Jeff Ward. He never did this to ine at any time. I oitly told that he did that (touching me
ott my privates), becatise I was told by Linda Gail Bingham that she would hurt my mother.
it I didn't say those things about Jeff at trtat. I knew it was wrong •. I said the things about
Jeff the r.u-st time I was at the Courthouse becatise I was afraid Linda would hurt or kill
my lttother.
I was afraid to tell anyone the truth after the nrst day I was at the Courthouse
because I was afraid.
I have now told my Daddy abotit what happened, and I know he called Jeff's
lawyer arid told him what 1 bad said.
1 ant telling the truth now arid I understand exactly what happened when the trial
was going on".
WITNESS MY HAND this ~~ay of _ ___.lfn'-"-.+",~
· <t<"'---' 1993.
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T[}_b/ l-lz0v .8re>wn
TABITHA BROWN
SUBSCRIBED & SWORN TO before me by the said Tabitha Brown on this ..gj~
day of 'fYJ~ , 1993. . . ·..
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EXHIBIT "A II
INMATE CORRESPONDENCE FORM
RE: WARD,JEFFERY LYNN #647619
CAUSE NUMBER: 11965B
DATE: September 18, 2014
WARD,JEFFERY LYNN #647619
WYNN UNIT - 810 FM 2821
HUNTSVILLE, TEXAS 77349
( ) Upon receipt of proper fees, the copies you requested will be
prepared and mailed. At $1.00 per page, the cost will be
$ _ _ _ _ __
... ( ) We will-need a Court Orderto:prepare.the copies you request
at no charge to you.
( ) Contact the Court Reporter-listed below to request a copy of the
statement of Facts and fees. NAME=------~~--~-------------------
. ADDRESS-:
( ) Your Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus has been recieved and filed
Article 11.07 of·~ t::he Texas Code of Criminal Procedure· affords the
State 15 days to answer. After that 15 days, the Court has 20 days
in ,which it may order a hearing. If no order h?S been entered 35
days from the above filing date, petition will be forwardedto the
Court of Appeals for their consideration.
( ) The following instrument has been filed in the above listed case:
A copy of this instrument is attached.
( ) This date, the transcript of your Petition for Writ of Habeas
Corpus has been f-orwarded to the Court of Appeals .
( ) This to acknowledge your ·Motciori for·-ShdcR ·probation, please., b~
advised the Court has GRANTED/DENIED same.
{X ) Other :the only transcript in your file is of a hearing held 05/11/1993 concerning
the estate of George Gunter. I suggest you contact the District Attorney's office
in regard to any transcript of an evidentiary hearing - also this office does not
prepare nor retain any statement of facts
All further correspondence should indicate the number.
Janet Clerk
Rusk, e County, Texas
BY Deputy
PA SON - DIST CLERK OFFICE
135 S. Main - 2nd Floor
Rusk, Texas 75785
_C0 NCIRNI 1\JG THE. ADJ".ACfJJT PAGE OFT'tP£0 'TESTOYtoi\Ji
: ,l"\1.ere\Yl -+he ·S~ates Bn·e+
'1~\otDr (oMpiO.ins o{ ·H1e <brr\entof t\le- ~<ffes eu}~ence on1he~o.tl}a.c~~+ .. __
pase, ne~it') -t{,\s ~ppe-Jix.TyfeJ tdfh~o)'ly, a\ {'aJe 1<- at fWe\\crlcs A~p~ ~ \ctq3,
l,~B_$, At the l~fl7rwtt ~ l4f¥Ea\s1 Tylo~~. - . , . _·. :.
I Relo-for f~nts -h7the flrst- ro.fQ~ f'Q ph, ,,~,e1 \tlhev-e ·,t M-c/6 ikaf{~b~hQ
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1estii\'ed -\-hcrl- ftlCL>4~ 6la ppecJ her onJ her ·mo-if!e-~ 111 t5 Csh- ve-,~et;r
i.he Gtt'rij of 5Fw L\ t1.t:t8 Co.vH\crt 'be O>n'ec.~ ~ecouJ5e tQb~ o)')ly SC:Jt;·ci btet
~d he( Molher were.s\opped Otre1c[Me .-ftdo~ f\o-\-~\{e Spcj .S -\-o So-y--\-M.a'l-1
ovre~~e,
· The fE'VI'\ai VI•;:,3 ~c.11+ c\-t\ie Senten c.e ilal-eS- -\'her\-' d.·i-edly r~ <b<J\'lid
l.t/1\,dkr Wikss-el:N6tTr"'1 +hev-e were!P olkev- wi\nesses; alih~ev;Je.i\vo.,y
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ha:.r1~-lhe pr~.rlor II? Qi(ds ;.f ~ -fheve wete.'II,\Tl'tle. •
; The prCJSecvtor ski"te.s ~so/-thaf (e(a-bv offit letters ctnd pho~XJ i-nb;tbo ArJ
ifY'DMt5ed ~~ne-\\t.,s, fu-S 0Sfa4 WQG ~rowl'l olA-m_r(;l<:J(+~>t J'~e 9as'-~~~e.,-\\~y'
;lll1IV~ c.> fRtJ .41 letlersrQ.I'lc:l hE!QrJ IIH P~""''" ev<Jet~ am:J -fe~unJ rJ" +a"" p€f'l;.,~ by
.· f€\o.+o,f/ At-1\0,This wo.s o\1 cle+erNh.,ed Q4 a heu~n3 {,.,.-\arn.perr~.Afcrk\\y ·
~i-\lerem;t f'r"<>"-eed/n 5'r!Ni--!b: J'l'-=fo• [VI- -fl.~ &tW 1\io 5)1 as i-): -1-hey .JI ~
j.u~t~ ~e evlden~. YJ <nf1Y19 • t\1d- Tr1Je! As wei 11-the I/n~ 1/o.t}Jq\.i~
6kr\-es Sb e cJlC/ oo\--Wcun (;rd~} lefafo.,-h~> '].o to~~~ I -T<ibift-,q 1V1ev'er sn;J i}tqt a+
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iti" ev_iJ e.,+\lavy h etlt'l,~ • The fYosocoto"' ~eemi~l '1 pvf-all 'fW1tf~e f.,
make ~~ "'rrenr -\lie ~r,;.,~ C:<> Ma..;;, eJ -/h,r.ys i-t cl:d ru+·lhisJ f'r1:tc~~e Is ~'f
dec ei 1/t ~~OVIJ sl1 oviJ l!lo+ he a\lowoJ, i_+ i!> n<?i- ~" irvfl., ~.d, o:..M 1 be
ShowV't hyihe 5\tt'e produo~Vl3 -tk-h-Qnscr\,~ r
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·that no one had touched her (SFW-36),. directly in conflict
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Nielson, Jennifer stevens and her own partial. testimony a t tr.ia1. (SF·
71-73) •. Tabitha Brown further testified that AI Clark slapped. her. and
her·~ ptother,. directly in co~f!i~t wlth the other ·Witnesses. (SFW • 41,
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Iri add'!tion it was established that Appellant himself
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called
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. Tabitha after the trial . and . sent. her letters. ( SFW 38-39, SFW 55:74,
SFW 119-122'; . SFW .124-127 ,<SFW 129-130), These !etters promise benefits
to Tabitha· Brown ·and her ·family~ (SFW 119-122, SFW. 1247.127,. SFW
129-130). Furthermore, Deputy Miller testified that on several
occasions, Tabitha> Brown state,d that she did not want Jeff to go to
jai 1• ( SFW 8 8) .
The State contends that the. truth was determined at tria!.
Tabitha Brown'!_; change in testimony is attributed to her contact with
Appellant· by phone and by mail after tria!. The jury determined the
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facts, and its finding should not be disturbed absent ··'legal
insufficiency, on. appeaL (Tex.Cr.App. 1990), Farris v. State, 819
s.W.2d 490 at p. 495-496.
Furthermore, ·a witness's change in testimony after trial,
standing alone, is not sufficient for a·new trial especially after time
to file a Motion for·. New · Trial lapses and the Court loses
jurisdiction. Drew v~ State, 743 S.W.2d 207 (Tex.App. 1987).
Here Appellant has raised no legal point of error concerning this
issue, and the change in testimony has nothing to do with the factual
or legal basis for the admission of the transcript of the testimony
from the bond hearing.
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SHARON KELLER ABEL ACOSTA
PRESIDING JUDGE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS CLERK
(512) 463·1551
P.O. BOX 12308, CAPITOL STATION
LAWRENCE MEYERS
TOM PRICE AUSTIN, TEXAS 78711 SIAN SCHILHAB
PAUL WOMACK GENERAL COUNSEL
(S 12) 463-1600
CHERYL JOHNSON
MIKE KEASLER
BARBARA P. HERVEY
CATHY COCHRAN
ELSA ALCALA
JUDGES
Thursday, September 11,2014
Jeffrey Lynn Ward
Wynne Unit- TDC # 647619
810 FM 2821
Huntsville, TX 77349
Re: Ward, Jeffrey Lynn
CCA No. WR-38,681-01
Trial Court Case No. 11965B
Your letter has been received. Please be advised:
IMPORTANT: PLEASE INFORM THIS CQURT OF ALL ADDRESS CHANGES IN
WRITING.
~ To obtain Copies of items requested, contact the State Law Library, Inmate Copy
Service, at PO Box 12367, Austin Texas 78711-23267. Please be sure to include your
full name and any aliases, TDCJ number, date of conviction, county of conviction,
appeal number and complete mailing addre~s,
D Your records will not be returned to you because once records are received in the Court they
become the permanent records-of this Court
~ Your application for writ of habeas corpus has been received Thursday, August 20,
1998. The status is: DISMISSED on 9/16/1998.
D Neither the Judges nor the staff of the Court can give legal advice. We recommend you
contact Inmate Legal Services at the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Institutional
Division.
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SUPREMECOURTBUILDING,201 WEST 14'fHSTREET,ROOM 106,AUSTIN, TEXAS 78701
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TEXAS STATE LAW LIBRARY
P.O. BOX 12367
AUSTIN, TEXAS 78711-2367
9 December 20 14
RE: transcript for evidentiary hearing in writ of habeas corpus WR-38,681-01
Jeffrey Ward (#647619)
Wynne Unit (020)
Huntsville, TX 77349
Dear Mr. Ward,
Thank you for contacting the Texas State Law Library. We received your request on 30 October 2014, but
unfortunately, we are unable to process your request for the following reason:
We did not see a transcript for an evidentiary hearing in the writ file WR-38,681-01 provided to us by the Court
of Criminal Appeals.
Because we are not responsible for the contents of the files provided to us by the Courts, we have no knowledge
of the existence, whereabouts, or pos~ible destruction of this transcript. It is is possible these transcripts are held
in the files of the Cherokee District Court. You will n'eed to contact them directly at the address below to see if
they have the transcript that you need. They may also be able to inform you whether it was destroyed.
Cherokee County District Clerk
PO DrawerC
Rusk, TX 75785-0505
phone: (903) 683-4533
According_to_ th~ T~~a,s Sta~e Libr_a,ry and Ar~hiyes (:Qmmission records retention schedule for district clerks,
clerks are required to keep criminal files (which includes habeas corpus papers) for "Felony cases in which the
sentence, cumulative sentences, or the longest sentence of two or more sentences to be served concurrently is
more than 20 years, including cases in whicn the sentence is life imprisonment or the death penalty" permanently,
with an additional note regarding hab~as corpus papers: "5 years from issuance or denial of writ in pre-conviction
proceedings unless the court issuing the writ is the same court having jurisdiction of the offense with which the
applicant is charged, in which case the records should be kept for the same period as the case papers to which they
relate. Postconviction habeas corpus proceedings records should be retained for the same period as the case papers
to which they are ancillary, except if the proceedings arise from an extradition demand, the retention period under
(i) should be followed."
Again, you will need to contact the Cherokee District Clerk for specific information about the retention of their
records.
Sincerely,
State Law Library Reference Staff
l\\1MA1E5 DECLARATION,_
I Jeffrey L. \Jv'qrJ I EftV\ -\-~e re\q+or,a.ncl
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be in 9 f> rc: 5 €'1'\-tl y in cqrcc ra te~U' Vi HVr>t.sv~ I le, l!QS-
·The Wynne jUnl~ de.c lQre_ und-er penqRy ot pe'j0ry
thct+ QCC.ordlh'j to my be.ltef 1 the f6tct5 StQ+e~ iV7~
The Q~e>ve. _reHtl'oV\ fbl" vvn+ of MQndcc.W\llSt Q(€ tfl~·e_ .
and Co(rctt,
CER.TI FIC4TION
RelatLJ, has rev1ie.wed -th~- Pe+;t,· oV) a\1\d has
COV1C.l vJeJ thcrl the -fUc.tva..l ~teW"ents i'b th i:s t:>&ttJ~fl
a.re 5uppo~ by Co~petent evtdel1ce -i·r)c\vdd ·H·1
the Appendix B r re.cOf'd.
CE R"TJFICf\TE OF 5£RVJCE
By P'"lf hcmcl r do .SVeqr,-fhct+ n Tulle Copy o-f fhe
-f'or""'3 o ifiS dotu m -e:'nf - f\\ 1f) us -th e ¥1 PJ? ~~ clx, Becu.US« at'+lw
lock Of fh> ctb'l,'{y --fo Wlake p!1do Cbpie'" r'n pr,~,was
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