James Paul Calvert v. State ( 2019 )

In The
Court of Appeals
Sixth Appellate District of Texas at Texarkana
No. 06-18-00210-CR
JAMES PAUL CALVERT, Appellant
V.
THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee
On Appeal from the 4th District Court
Rusk County, Texas
Trial Court No. CR17-203
Before Morriss, C.J., Burgess and Stevens, JJ.
ORDER
Appellant James Paul Calvert was convicted of aggravated sexual assault of a child and
was sentenced to life imprisonment. Calvert has appealed from that conviction and the resulting
sentence. On February 11, 2019, Calvert’s court-appointed appellate counsel, Clay Thomas, filed
an Anders 1 brief, and on March 19, 2019, Calvert filed a pro se motion for access to the appellate
record for purposes of preparing a response to his counsel’s Anders brief. Under Kelly v. State, 2
we are required to enter an order specifying the procedure to be followed to ensure Calvert’s access
to the record.
To ensure that Calvert receives a complete copy of the appellate record in a timely manner,
we instructed order our clerk’s office to provide a complete copy of the appellate record to Calvert
care of the Telford Unit in New Boston, Texas. Our clerk’s office informs us that the record was
mailed to Calvert on March 26, 2019. Allowing ten days for the record to be delivered to Calvert
and giving Calvert thirty days to prepare his pro se response, we hereby set May 6, 2019, as the
deadline for Calvert to file his pro se response to his counsel’s Anders brief.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
BY THE COURT
DATE: April 2, 2019
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