Ex Parte Douglas Wayne Reed

Motion denied and Order filed September 2, 2021

In The

Fourteenth Court of Appeals ____________

NO. 14-20-00311-CR ____________

DOUGLAS WAYNE REED, Appellant

V.

THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee

On Appeal from the 10th District Court Galveston County, Texas

Trial Court Cause No. 19CR1668 ____________

NO. 14-20-00497-CR ____________

EX PARTE DOUGLAS WAYNE REED, Relator

ORIGINAL PROCEEDING

WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS

10th District Court

Galveston County, Texas Trial Court Cause No. 19CR1668 ORDER

Appellant filed the present motion pro se in both of the above-styled proceedings, an active direct appeal from his criminal prosecution in which he is represented by counsel and a dismissed pro se habeas proceeding. His motion requests that his counsel in the direct appeal surrender the casefile he created. Appellant’s motion does not warrant relief, and moreover, to the extent appellant is seeking the casefile to allow himself to both be represented by counsel and proceed pro se in a hybrid representation arrangement in his pending direct appeal, he is not entitled to proceed that way. See Martinez v. State, 513 S.W.3d 87, 96 (Tex. App.—Houston [14th Dist.] 2016, no pet.). Accordingly, appellant’s motion is denied.

PER CURIAM

Panel Consists of Justices Wise, Bourliot, and Zimmerer.