# Palomo, Julio Torres > Texas Supreme Court · October 23, 2015 URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/4057204 ## Case - **Court:** Texas Supreme Court - **Decided:** October 23, 2015 - **Precedential status:** Published - **Opinion:** Opinion - **Cited by:** 0 later opinions in the Frix Law Library ## Citator (automated) - No negative treatment found by the automated citator. That is not the same as a confirmation that the case is good law; read the citing cases. - Full citator and citing cases: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/4057204 ## Opinion text HX.5-15 CAUSE N0:PD-0425-15 IN THE COURT OF OF TEXAS CRIMINAL APPEALS ORIGINAL ZIULIO TORRES PALOMO V. STATE OF TEXAS ON APPEAL FROM THE COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SIXTH DISTRICT OF' TEXAS AT TEXARKANA ' AND ON APPE'AL FROM THE 196th JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT OF HUNT COUNTY, TEXAS TRIAL NO. 28777" BRIEF FOR PETITION FOR DISCRETIONARY REUIEL) 3ULI0 TORRES PALOMO #192 3341 court of cmm appeals Mc Cbnnell Unit 3 0 01 S. Emily Dr :.; OCT 23 2015 Beeville, Texas 78102 Petitioner- PRO-Se Abel Acosta, Clerk FILED IN COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS OCT 23 2015 Abel Acosta, Clerk LIST OF PARTIES APPELLANT- 3ULI0 TORRES PALOMO ATTORNEY FDR APPELLANT DAVID"KETTH" UILLFORD LINDEN'S UILLFORD P.O. BOX 1T Greenville, Texas '; "•• 75401 ATTORNEY FOR DIRECT APPEAL CARIANN ABRAMSON P.O. BOX 1683 Forney, Texas 75126 PROSECUTORS STATE KELI AIKEN ASSISTANT DISTRICT ATTORNEY (af- trial) GEORGE'CALVAN ' GROGON ASSISTANT DISTRICT ATTORNEY(at trial) NOBLE D'. WALKER DISTRICT ATTORNEY (ON APPEAL) Hunt County District Attorney's Office 2507 Lee Street Greenville, Texas 75401 (i) Table of'Contents Index of Authorities pg.iv-v, Statement of the Case pg.1&2. Issuses Presented pg . 2 . Statement of Facts • p g . 3 & 4 . ,!ih" the' indictment. Puni shment w as assessed by the Jury on April 1 20.14 at' Life, not i ce of ap peal was filed trial. on a motion for new An otion for hew trial-on punishment and a motion in a mended m arre s t of j u dgment was filed on May 28, 2 014. OnMa y2B,2014 the trial court heard Appellant's motion for new tria 1 and to ok it under advisement, but ultimately denied the moti on for n ew trial on June10,2014. (1) Issues Presented Point of Error One Insufficient proof of Appellant committing continuous sexual! assault of Nancy Ramirez. Point of Error Two Insufficient proof of Appellant committing continuous sexual assault of Kary Ramirez. Point of Error Three Nancy Ramirez statements are inadmissible under the outcry '.-.•'••' exception when the translator did not accuraterly translate the question and anwers to/of the Foresic interviewer who made testified as the outcry witness who was actually ,third party witness under Tex. Code of Crim . Proc . art . 3 8 . 072 and not eligible to testify as original outcry witness. Claudia Alvarado was the first person over the age of 18 years to be told of the alleged incident. Trial court abuse it's diseretion when it allowed Hunt County Child Advocacy Center (hereinafter''HCCAC) . Charlene Ralph who is officially a FoTesic Interviewer to testify under the hearsay exception pursuant to art. 38.072 of Tex.Code of Crimial Procedure. Point of Error Four Nancy Ramirez statements are Inadmissible under the outcry exception when the translator Claudia AlVarado did not accurately translate the statements (questions&answers)to the foresic interviewer whom testified as the outcry wi t n e s s. Point of Err or F"i v e • Appellant was prejuiced- by Trial Court's: failure to-appoint 'new Trial counsel (defense) when a conflict of interest1 arose under disciplinary rules between Trial Counsel and Appellant. See, State Bar Rule s' of -Tex . "Ethical Considerations of Profess-- ional Responsibility',' EC, 7-8. Point of Error ;5ix Appellant is entitled to a new Trial because the State,through it's Child Advocacy Center, failed to provide mitigating or exculpatory evidence material after' requested by Appellant on' numerous occasions. Point of Error Seven Appellant was deprived of his sixth am.endment right to effective Assistance of Counsel because defense counsel:' (A): Allowed Appellant to file a sworn statement of fact concern ing his criminal..record(uiithoijt proper investigtion of all facts, simply a minstrial duty) that resulted in agrave error, which (2) . thus created a conflict of interest. See,Tex.Bar Rules of Lawyer Professional Conduct). (B) : Attorney failed to- request mitgating' or Exculpatory material already requsted several times, which finally became apparent at trial . Statement- of facts On Se ptemb er ; 1 7, 2012,' it is alle-ged that Appellant's biolgical daugh ter , comp 1 a in t ant Nancy Ramirez-, made an outcry to a school- ma te , n a m e d Ev elyn Re gel a do, while riding the school bus home. this schoo lfnat e told her mother ,Marib el Regelado,. who report's it to :the Scho ol Counselor, Deborah Floyd, with the support of Marib el ' s Past o't Carlos Mendoza. .••.'. The T exas Depa rtment of Family and Prd-tect ive -Service s (herein •-•"" after ) "CPS "•) is called,however, neither complaintant Nancy or Kary Ramir ez , w h'b is the step daugther of Appellant•'"', make outcry to th e CPS Wot kers . Ms . Ai sha C outa in with CPS aranges for a forensic interview- to be condu cted at t he Hunt County Child Advocacy Center (HCCAC) the folio wing day . Ms . C harle ne R alph' is a Forensic Interviewer with the HCCAC which alleg ally in terviews both .girls through a bi-lingu-al interpreter Ms .CI audia ATv arado, wh;om -works .for the Hunt County Sheriff 's Dept . as a ".. lay -person whom does clerk work as a back ground resea rcher ,she is not trained, certifed, licensed,or educated as a for en sic in ter viewer ,a 1 icensed peace office TV'* On or about SeptemberT'B ,201 2 it's alleged complaintant Nancy- Ramirez made an outcry to Charlene Ralph during a Forensic ••r did not/had not accurately translated the question and answers yet admitted that''-'she- madifid^ the -is seies'sto "aid lri'the; interview for the state'.' P;y::tsw of statue 38.072 T.C.C.P. "outcry witness "shall be the (6) first person(does not make an exception for translation), shall be the first person over the- age of 1 8 years of age ,.besides the pr epatrator',' Ms.Alavaradd being the first person as the statute ' Accor din g to T.C.C.P. art. 38.072,"the first person over the a'ge'of 18 years was not Ms.Raplh but Ms . Alvarado. The chain of out cry goes like this: "Nancy Ramirez first told her friend&schoolmate Eyelyn Regelado, whom tells- her mother Maribel Regelado.whmo tells her pastor Carlos Mendoza,togther they report it to the School Counselor, Debra Floyd, whom decides to call the Texas Depart, of Family and Protective services(here after known as "CPS") Neither complaintant Nancy or Kary Ramirez tells-; or reports this allaged inciid-nt (makes out cry )to CPS investigator, Aisha Coutain, Therfori,Ms. Coutain arranges with HCC'AC to have the girls the following day, u .. (B). At which point Ms. Raplh met with the girls the following day at the HuntCounty Sheriff's Office so she could provide a interpEeter whom speaks spanish/english, Ms.Alvarado took the call,and made herself available. It is alleged complainant's made a statement in a discernible manner alleging a sexual offense(or did they, reason doubt) or did Ms.Alvardo misunderstand? it has already been determined that Ms. Alavardo took liberties with the translatins. see, (RR.9 :1 57-1 58) . Ms.Alavardo knew what -was at stake for herself and the Hunt County Sheiffls Office. Ms.Alvarado kfieiils'tfiereRthere was a possiftle promotion for a job well done(conviction of the Appeal- ant)she had gygry thing tq^gain and notingto lose by distorting the facts misleading the jury"taking liberties of the true facts',' distorting (complainant's)answers by her own admissions under oath, see, Garcia V. St ate,792s.w.2d BB(Tex.Crim.App. 1 990) and Tex.Code Crim. Proc. art.38.07282(a)(3). T.C.C.P. art. 3B.072 suspends the hearsay rule and allows what's commonly refered to as "outcry" to testify on the behalf of childern of sexual abuse. ^"Provisions of this statute include notice and hearsay requirement's" are mandantory and must be complied with in order for the the statue to be admissible over the hearsay o-bjection (state' 'did not meet the requirements) . see, Long V . St ate ,BBOsi^w .2d 545 ,547 (Tex .Crim . App.1990); Gay V.State, 9Bs.w.3d 864,866 Tex.APP.Hous. [1st .Dist .] 199Bpet. ref'd.) The Defendent must be given notice of content and scope. ID. Statement to be more then a mere allus|on in general to a alleged sexual abuse, general allusions are vague and arbitrary, see, Thomas V. State, 155s .w .3d138 .140 (Tex.APP. Texarkanal999,pet. Ref'd.) Notice- must describe offense in discern able manner, see,Garcia V.State,792s.w.2d88,91 Tex .Crim .Apo .1990) . No one question the skills of Ms .Alvarado,. as ifac r.Sourt certified Interpreter, this court did not go through Ms.Raplh's credent ial's either to demonsrate the importance of how tointerview a child of sexual abuse, and the significance of a-'s'king opened- ended questions. However,Ms.Alvardo on a number of occassions self adimitted she took"liberties" with the translation onher own accord, thereby nullifying and undermining the Law and the standards of the statdtessofft.C.C.P. art.3B.072 and the total significance of the Foernsic interview there canbbe no assurance that this jury or anyone else this Appelant was tia-mie-d by Ms. Alavrado's modified translations. hMt^ied It's on record that Appellant objected tPtfthe Spanish portion of the video being admitted on the grounds that it was not transcribed when offered by the state, which violates statue, of T.C.C.P. art. 3B.072 which clearly states "Defendant must be givemi adquent notice of the content and scope", to prevent violation of Due Process of the Fifth & Fourteenth amendment of the United States Constitution. (9) A Def e ndan t ha s a righ t to know,to be informed what he's charged with , in 0 r der to prep are for an affirmative defense, see. Garica ftv.s ta te ,792 s . w . 2d88 ,91 (Tex.Crim. App.1990). The t rial uled the objection, the Sixth Court of c ou rt o verr Appeal s st ated e r r or w as "not presevred frfr viewing',' video was admitt ed a nd s hown to the jury, which prejudiced the verdict, as it w a s oneb i te of t h e p o i s o n a p p 1 e . Let it be note d fo r th e record that Ms.Alvarado's translation for Ms .Ral ph , shou Id n pt have been admitted as the state failed to pro vide a"n_ai'tr al I interpreter','to Assure the "outcry" statement en j oye d " N n o 'j mo ti v-e "t o be sircu m~ve dted,distorted or misapplied for tr ansl ator s ow n personal benefit. The inabil ity , n o attempt by the state, to obtain a fair and impartial , neu tra'l ,1nterpr e't- e r e i(: s e e tf o o t n o t e (3 ) of the original Appellant b-rT'l'e f as it states on pg. 29 of44) If this cqux.t finds that Ms.Al v a r a do d id not had,not acted in the capacity of a neutral pa rty as argued in points of error one & t w q , ,th e n by statue Ms . Ala vard o becomes the "outcry" and not Ms.Raplh by default, d ue t o th e fact'that both Nancy & Kary Ramirez spoke of the all eged inc ident only in Spanish directly to Ms. Alvarado, had they t he a bili ty to speak to Ms.Raplh she could/would not have neede d an int erpreter to understand. The testim ony of b oth Nancy & Kary Ramirez the modified trans- lated stat e m e n ts t o Ms.Raplh is actually third party hearsay outside th e he arsa y exception rule.and harfn1 displayed of this admission lays in the bolster of the girls testimony, For these fact s an d admissions this court should sustain points 0 f ?. e r'ror T hree and Four, arrest, the judgment.y sentence and con- viction in alt erti ve Reverse and Remand for new trial. Point of Error Five Appellant was perjudiced by continued appointment of counsel and trial failure to appoint new counsel when their was a confict of interest under disciplinary rules ofthe State Bar bewteen Appellant counsel and Defendant. Additional Facts Defense trial counsel had Defendent sign a sworn application in request for cBmmurtiity supervision in which Appellant was not eligible,trial counsel should/could have maed the effort to assure self and client about eligibility as it would simply a mini'sfbrial duty as it's attorneys duty to investigate all the issuses pertaining to his/her clients. Standard of Review Once the Attorney finds themselfs in confict with a client, they shouid withdraw from representipn immediately the court shall than permit Attorney to withdraw so the court can assure the Defendent a fair trial, see,In Re Posada USA Inc. inQs.UJ.3d 254 at2.59(Tex .App . 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