TRAVIS JAMES MULLIS, Appellant v. THE STATE OF TEXAS (Original)
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IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS OF TEXAS NO. AP-76,525 TRAVIS JAMES MULLIS, Appellant v. THE STATE OF TEXAS ON DIRECT APPEAL FROM CAUSE NO. 08-CR-0333 IN THE 122nd DISTRICT COURT GALVESTON COUNTY Per Curiam. OPINION Appellant was convicted of the offense of capital murder for intentionally causing the death of an individual under six years of age. See T EX. P ENAL C ODE §19.03(a)(8). Based upon the jury s answers to the special issues set forth in Texas Code of Criminal Procedure article 37.071 §§2(b) and 2(e), the trial judge sentenced appellant to death. Mullis T EX. C ODE C RIM. P ROC. art. 37.071 §2(g).1 Direct appeal to this Court is automatic. Art. 37.071 §2(h). We will affirm. At a hearing before the trial court, appellant expressed his desire to dismiss his courtappointed appellate counsel, raise no points of error, and waive the instant and all future appeals including any error. The trial court fully admonished appellant of the dangers and disadvantages of self-representation. See U.S. CONST. VI and XIV Amendments; TEX . CONST. Art. I, § 10; Faretta v. California, 422 U.S. 806 (1975); Lott v. State, 874 S.W.2d 687 (Tex. Crim. App. 1994). The transcript of the hearing was forwarded to this Court. No briefs have been filed. We submitted the case upon appellant s request and, in the interest of justice, reviewed the entire record. Having found no unassigned fundamental error, we affirm the trial court s judgment. DELIVERED: April 25, 2012 DO NOT PUBLISH 1 Unless otherwise indicated, all future references to Articles refer to the Texas Code of Criminal Procedure.
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