Rayan Dhanes Ganesh v. the State of Texas ( 2021 )

Order entered June 29, 2021
In The
Court of Appeals
Fifth District of Texas at Dallas
No. 05-20-00861-CR
No. 05-20-00862-CR
RAYAN DHANES GANESH, Appellant
V.
THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee
On Appeal from the 282nd Judicial District Court
Dallas County, Texas
Trial Court Cause No. F16-76113-S & F16-76111-S
ORDER
Before the Court is appellant’s June 8, 2021 pro se motion asking for the
Court to hold a hearing to “disqualify counsel” and to “appoint new effective
counsel if necessary.”
The briefs have been filed; these cases are at issue and will be set in due
course. Accordingly, we DENY appellant’s motion. See Dunn v. State, 819
S.W.2d 510, 520 (Tex. Crim. App. 1991) (“A criminal defendant is not entitled to
appointed counsel of choice. Under the State and Federal Constitutions he is
entitled to effective assistance of counsel, however this constitutional protection
cannot be manipulated in such a manner so as to throw the trial process into
disarray.”); Cooper v. State, No. 05-18-01246-CR, 2019 WL 6606364, at *3 (Tex.
App. Dec. 5, 2019) (pet. ref’d) (“A court has no duty to search for counsel who is
agreeable to the defendant, and the right to counsel cannot be insisted upon in such
a way as to obstruct the orderly administration of justice.”)
We DIRECT the Clerk to send a copy of this order to all parties as well as
to Rayan Dhanes Ganesh, TDCJ# 02192899, Telford Unit, 3899 Hwy 98, New
Boston, TX 75570.
/s/ LANA MYERS
JUSTICE