Opinion
No. 14-10-00724-CR
Opinion filed August 27, 2010. DO NOT PUBLISH — Tex. R. App. P. 47.2(b).
Original Proceeding, Writ Of Mandamus.
Panel consists of Chief Justice HEDGES and Justices YATES and SULLIVAN.
MEMORANDUM OPINION
On August 2, 2010, relator, Joseph J. Meeks, filed a petition for writ of mandamus in this Court. See Tex. Gov't Code Ann. § 22.221 (Vernon 2004); see also Tex. R. App. P. 52. In the petition, relator asks this Court to compel the presiding judge of the 10th District Court of Galveston County to set for a hearing his pro se motion to quash affidavit for probable cause of arrest and complaint. According to relator's petition, he is represented by counsel in the underlying criminal proceeding. A criminal defendant is not entitled to hybrid representation. Robinson v. State, 240 S.W.3d 919, 922 (Tex. Crim. App. 2007); Patrick v. State, 906 S.W.2d 481, 498 (Tex. Crim. App. 1995). The issues relator raises in his pro se petition for writ of mandamus relate directly to a criminal proceeding in which he is presented by counsel. Therefore, in the absence of a right to hybrid representation, relator has presented nothing for this Court's consideration. See Patrick, 906 S.W.2d at 498. Relator has not established his entitlement to the extraordinary relief of a writ of mandamus. Accordingly, we deny relator's petition for writ of mandamus.