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IDENTIFICATION OF PARTIES AND COUNSELPursuant to Tex. R. App. P. 52.3(a), undersigned counsel sets out a list of allparties, and the names and addresses of all counsel.Nathaniel Quarterman, Director of the Texas Department ofCriminal Justice, Institutional Corrections Division. Respondent.Edward L. Marshall, Chief, Postconviction Litigation Division,Office of the Attorney General, 330 W. 15th Street, 8th Floor,William P. Clements Building, Austin, Texas 78701. Counsel forRespondent.John Roach, Sr., Criminal District Attorney, Collin County, Texas.Jeffrey Garon, Assistant District Attorney, Collin County DistrictAttorney’s Office, 201 S. McDonald, Suite 324, McKinney, Texas75069.Charles Dean Hood, No. 000982, Texas Department of CriminalJustice, Death Row, Polunsky Unit, 3872 F.M. 350 South, Livingston,Texas 77351. Relator-Petitioner.Gregory W. Wiercioch, 430 Jersey Street, San Francisco, California94114. Counsel for Relator-Petitioner.A. Richard Ellis, 75 Magee Avenue, Mill Valley, California 94941.Counsel for Relator-Petitioner.-i-
TABLE OF CONTENTSIDENTIFICATION OF PARTIES AND COUNSEL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .iSTATEMENT OF THE CASE ........................................3STATEMENT OF JURISDICTION ....................................4ISSUES PRESENTED ..............................................5STATEMENT OF FACTS ...........................................5ARGUMENT......................................................9JUDGE HOLLAND’S INTIMATE RELATIONSHIP WITH DISTRICTATTORNEY O’CONNELL CONSTITUTIONALLY DISQUALIFIED HERFROM PRESIDING OVER MR. HOOD’S TRIAL AND DEPRIVED HIM OFHIS RIGHT TO A FAIR AND IMPARTIAL TRIBUNAL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9A. TEXAS CONSTITUTIONAL GROUNDS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91. Judge Holland had a personal and direct interest in theoutcome of Mr. Hood’s case...............................102. Public confidence in the integrity of the judiciary isseverely eroded by an extended intimate relationshipbetween a judge and an elected district attorney trying acase in her courtroom ....................................12B. FEDERAL CONSTITUTIONAL GROUNDS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17C. DISQUALIFICATION SURVIVES SILENCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19PRAYER FOR RELIEF ............................................21-ii-
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Page 7 and 8: STATEMENT OF THE CASEMr. Hood, the
Page 9 and 10: 427, 428 (Tex. 1998).ISSUES PRESENT
Page 11 and 12: omantic relationship.” Ex. 3 (Aff
Page 13 and 14: ARGUMENTJUDGE HOLLAND’S INTIMATE
Page 15 and 16: Herron, 202 S.W. 797, 798 (Tex. App
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Page 19 and 20: lengthy duration of the relationshi
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Page 23 and 24: an impression of possible bias. Thi
Page 25 and 26: PRAYER FOR RELIEFA fair and imparti
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