Melton, Brian Keith ( 2020 )

IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS
OF TEXAS
NO. WR-44,431-08
EX PARTE BRIAN MELTON, Applicant
ON APPLICATION FOR A WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS
CAUSE NO. 10946 IN THE 196TH DISTRICT COURT
FROM HUNT COUNTY
Per curiam.
ORDER
Applicant filed this application for a writ of habeas corpus in the county of conviction, and
the district clerk forwarded it to this Court. See TEX . CODE CRIM . PROC. art. 11.07. According to
the record, the trial court held evidentiary hearings on August 3, 2020 and October 16, 2020, but the
transcripts of these hearings were not forwarded to this Court. Under Article 11.07 of the Texas
Code of Criminal Procedure, a reporter is required to transcribe a hearing within fifteen days of its
conclusion and then to immediately forward the transcript to the district clerk in the county of
conviction. Id. at § 3(d). After receiving the transcript, the district clerk is required to forward it,
among other things, to this Court. Id.; see also TEX . R. APP . P. 73.4(b)(4).
The district clerk shall serve the reporter in Applicant’s case with a copy of this order and
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then either forward to this Court the transcripts of the evidentiary hearings or certify in writing that
the reporter has not transcribed the hearing. The district clerk shall comply with this order within
thirty days from the date of this order.
Filed: December 28, 2020
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