in Re Raymond Isaac Uribe, Relator ( 2012 )

MEMORANDUM OPINION
No. 04-12-00544-CR
IN RE Raymond Isaac URIBE
Original Mandamus Proceeding 1
PER CURIAM
Sitting: Catherine Stone, Chief Justice
Rebecca Simmons, Justice
Marialyn Barnard, Justice
Delivered and Filed: September 5, 2012
PETITION FOR WRIT OF MANDAMUS DENIED
On August 27, 2012, relator Raymond Isaac Uribe filed a petition for writ of mandamus,
complaining trial court denied his motion for an examining trial and has failed to set the case for
an examining trial. However, counsel has been appointed to represent relator in the criminal
proceeding pending in the trial court for which he is currently confined. A criminal defendant is
not entitled to hybrid representation. See Robinson v. State, 240 S.W.3d 919, 922 (Tex. Crim.
App. 2007); Patrick v. State, 906 S.W.2d 481, 498 (Tex. Crim. App. 1995). A trial court has no
legal duty to rule on pro se motions or petitions filed with regard to a criminal proceeding in
which the defendant is represented by counsel. See Robinson, 240 S.W.3d at 922.
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This proceeding arises out of Cause No. 152268, styled State of Texas v. Raymond Isaac Uribe, in the 227th
Judicial District Court, Bexar County, Texas, the Honorable Philip Kazen presiding.
04-12-00544-CR
Consequently, the trial court did not abuse its discretion by failing to grant relator’s pro se
request for an examining trial. Accordingly, the petition for writ of mandamus is denied. TEX.
R. APP. P. 52.8(a).
PER CURIAM
DO NOT PUBLISH
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