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    Travis County District Attorney's Office

    P.O. Box 1748, Austin, Texas 78767

    José P. Garza

    District Attorney

    Trudy Strassburger

    First Assistant

  • Request for Review

    By Conviction Integrity Unit
  • Current Date
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  • Please complete this form as fully as possible. If you are not the convicted person (defendant) please complete the form to the best of your abilities from the perspective of the defendant. If you do not know the answer to a question, you may leave it blank.

  • 3. Were you convicted or adjudicated in Travis County, Texas?*

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    • 4. Are you in prison or state jail right now?
    • 5. If not, are you currently on probation or parole?
    • 6. Do you have a lawyer right now?
    • Format: (000) 000-0000.

    • Please note: If you are represented by a lawyer on this case, the CIU MUST communicate with your lawyer.

    • 7. Can you read and write English?
    • 8. Are you claiming that you are ACTUALLY INNOCENT or WRONGFULLY CONVICTED?
    • 9. Was any scientific or forensic evidence or other expert testimony (for example, DNA, fingerprints, firearms, doctor, etc.) used to convict you?
    • 10. Are you asking for DNA, fingerprint, or other forensic testing of evidence from the crime?

    • 11. Please provide the names of any people who know information about your claim of actual innocence or wrongful conviction.

      By writing these names, you are giving us permission to talk to these people about your case.

    • Person #1

    • Format: (000) 000-0000.
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    • Person #2

    • Format: (000) 000-0000.
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    • Person #3

    • Format: (000) 000-0000.
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    • 12. Did you confess to the crime?

    • 14. Please feel free to attach copies of any other records or materials that you would like the CIU to review. Do not send us original documents.

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  • Consent Form

  • The Conviction Integrity Unit works to correct mistakes in the criminal justice system. No system is perfect. We want to find and correct instances of wrongful conviction and /or innocence. We are an arm of the prosecuting attorneys’ office, and our mission is to seek truth and justice.

    Please be advised: You must carefully read and sign the consent form below before submitting this form.
     

    By signing below, you understand that: 

    • The CIU is a part of the Travis County District Attorney’s Office. Our interest is in seeing that justice is done. By submitting this form, you are asking the CIU to investigate your claim of actual innocence or wrongful conviction.
    • The prosecutors in the CIU at the District Attorney’s Office do not represent you and cannot offer you legal advice. A prosecutor cannot legally or ethically be your lawyer. 
    • No information that you give us is protected by attorney-client privilege.
    • Sending this submission to the CIU WILL NOT extend any court’s legal deadlines including the statute of limitations for filing a federal petition. 
    • The CIU looks at every claim that we receive, however we do not perform a full investigation of every claim. Because of the volume of cases under review, the CIU cannot promise that we will be able to process your claim quickly.
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