Mario Ramirez v. the State of Texas ( 2022 )

In The
Court of Appeals
Sixth Appellate District of Texas at Texarkana
Nos. 06-21-00105-CR,
06-21-00106-CR, &
06-21-00107-CR
MARIO RAMIREZ, Appellant
V.
THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee
On Appeal from the 276th District Court
Titus County, Texas
Trial Court Nos. CR20,557, CR20,558, & CR20,559
Before Morriss, C.J., Stevens and Carter,* JJ.
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*Jack Carter, Justice, Retired, Sitting by Assignment
ORDER
Appellant Mario Ramirez appeals from his convictions of theft, aggravated kidnapping,
and aggravated robbery. On January 18, 2022, Ramirez’s court-appointed appellate counsel filed
Anders1 briefs in his three companion appeals, and on January 31, 2022, Ramirez filed pro se
motions for access to the appellate records for purposes of preparing responses to his counsel’s
Anders briefs. Ramirez’s motions for access to the appellate records are granted. Under Kelly v.
State,2 we are now required to enter an order specifying the procedure to be followed to ensure
Ramirez’s access to those records.
On February 4, 2022, Ramirez’s appointed counsel informed this Court that he mailed
paper copies of the appellate records to Ramirez. On February 9, 2022, this Court forwarded
copies of the digitally recorded exhibits that were a part of Ramirez’s appellate records to prison
officials at the Texas Department of Criminal Justice’s Torres Unit and, by copy of this order,
request that those officials afford Ramirez a means of reviewing those exhibits. Allowing fifteen
days from the date of this order for the records to be delivered to Ramirez and for him to review
the digitally recorded exhibits that are part of those records and giving Ramirez thirty days to
prepare his pro se response(s), we hereby set March 28, 2022, as the deadline for Ramirez to file
his pro se response(s) to his counsel’s Anders briefs.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
BY THE COURT
DATE: February 9, 2022
1
See Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967).
2
Kelly v. State, 436 S.W.3d 313, 321–22 (Tex. Crim. App. 2014).
2