Opinion
11-20-00087-CR
08-12-2021
JAMES MARK JOKEL, Appellant v. THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee
Do not publish. See TEX. R. APP. P. 47.2(b).
On Appeal from the 266th District Court Erath County, Texas Trial Court Cause No. CR15254
Panel consists of: Bailey, C.J., Trotter, J., and Williams, J.
ORDER
PER CURIAM.
Appellant, James Mark Jokel, recently sent this court two motions: a motion requesting permission to file a pro se brief and a motion to retire appellate counsel and allow Appellant to proceed pro se in this appeal. We received both motions on July 29, 2021. Appellant's court-appointed counsel filed a brief on behalf of Appellant on June 2, 2020. The State filed its brief on July 2, 2020. Because this case was at issue for over a year prior to Appellant sending this court his request to proceed pro se in this appeal, Appellant's request to represent himself in this appeal was not timely asserted. See Hubbard v. State, 739 S.W.2d 341, 343-45 (Tex. Crim. App. 1987).
We note that Appellant began sending pro se correspondence to this court in July 2020, shortly after the case became at issue. We have received, but not filed, the various pro se documents and have informed Appellant that he is not entitled to hybrid representation. See Rudd v. State, 616 S.W.2d 623, 625 (Tex. Crim. App. [Panel Op.] 1981).
Accordingly, this court will not file or consider Appellant's pro se motions or Appellant's pro se brief.