Jason Cledis Morgason v. State

In The
Court of Appeals
Sixth Appellate District of Texas at Texarkana
No. 06-19-00048-CR
JASON CLEDIS MORGASON, Appellant
V.
THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee
On Appeal from the 124th District Court
Gregg County, Texas
Trial Court No. 47707-B
Before Morriss, C.J., Burgess and Stevens, JJ.
ORDER
Appellant Jason Cledis Morgason was convicted of possession of a controlled substance
and, after enhancement, was sentenced to ten years’ imprisonment. Morgason has appealed from
that conviction and the resulting sentence. On July 25, 2019, Morgason’s court-appointed
appellate counsel, Lew Dunn, filed an Anders 1 brief, and on August 2, 2019, Morgason 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 Morgason’s access to the record.
Dunn advised this Court that on August 6, 2019, he mailed a complete paper copy of the
appellate record to Morgason. The record also contains a digitally recorded exhibit. We hereby
instruct our clerk to forward a copy of the digitally recorded exhibit to Morgason, care of Samuel
Ramirez, Lynaugh Unit, 1098 S. Highway 2037, Fort Stockton, Texas 79735. Allowing fifteen
days for the complete record to be delivered to Morgason and giving Morgason thirty days to
prepare his pro se response, we hereby set September 23, 2019, as the deadline for Morgason to
file his pro se response to his counsel’s Anders brief.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
BY THE COURT
DATE: August 7, 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