Fininen, Richard Charles ( 2022 )

IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS
OF TEXAS
NO. WR-47,915-04
EX PARTE RICHARD FININEN, Applicant
ON APPLICATION FOR A WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS
CAUSE NO. 2015F00270A IN THE 5TH DISTRICT COURT
FROM CASS 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 an evidentiary hearing on March 29, 2022, but the transcript of the
hearing was 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 transcript of the evidentiary hearing 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: April 18, 2022
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