Govenor Pardon of Homer Lee Merriman
| Submitted | April 21, 2018 |
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From: alice valkova
To Whom It May Concern:
Pursuant to the Texas Public Information Act, I hereby request the following records:
Full Clemency Pardon of Homer Lee Merriman
Texas State Library and Archives Commission
Attn: Mark Smith, Director and Librarian
P.O. Box 12927
Austin, TX 78711
(512) 463-5455
director.librarian@tsl.texas.gov
Information request for the Full Clemency Governor Pardon of Homer Lee Merriman
Date of Offense May 20 1976, Paroled until September 12 1988.
If this request was made to the wrong department please forward to the correct.
The requested documents will be made available to the general public, and this request is not being made for commercial purposes.
In the event that there are fees, I would be grateful if you would inform me of the total charges in advance of fulfilling my request. I would prefer the request filled electronically, by e-mail attachment if available or CD-ROM if not.
Thank you in advance for your anticipated cooperation in this matter. I look forward to receiving your response to this request within 10 business days, as the statute requires.
Sincerely,
alice valkova
From: alice valkova
To Whom It May Concern:
Pursuant to the Texas Public Information Act, I hereby request the following records:
Full Clemency Pardon of Homer Lee Merriman
Texas State Library and Archives Commission
Attn: Mark Smith, Director and Librarian
P.O. Box 12927
Austin, TX 78711
(512) 463-5455
director.librarian@tsl.texas.gov
Information request for the Full Clemency Governor Pardon of Homer Lee Merriman
Date of Offense May 20 1976, Paroled until September 12 1988.
If this request was made to the wrong department please forward to the correct.
The requested documents will be made available to the general public, and this request is not being made for commercial purposes.
In the event that there are fees, I would be grateful if you would inform me of the total charges in advance of fulfilling my request. I would prefer the request filled electronically, by e-mail attachment if available or CD-ROM if not.
Thank you in advance for your anticipated cooperation in this matter. I look forward to receiving your response to this request within 10 business days, as the statute requires.
Sincerely,
alice valkova
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Texas Public Information Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on April 21, 2018. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response, or if further clarification is needed.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Texas Public Information Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on April 21, 2018. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response, or if further clarification is needed.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Texas Public Information Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on April 21, 2018. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response, or if further clarification is needed.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: Texas State Library and Archives Commission
Your request for information was received by the staff of the Texas State Library and Archives Commission.
We apologize for the delay in your response. We discovered that your email messages were flagged as spam messages mistakenly. We discovered these messages on the afternoon of June 7, 2018.
We hold Texas Secretary of State executive clemency records. These records includes pardon proclamations, certificates of parole, and mandatory supervision certificates. For additional information concerning these records, the finding aid may be found online at:
www.lib.utexas.edu/taro/tslac/30056/tsl-30056.html<http://www.lib.utexas.edu/taro/tslac/30056/tsl-30056.html>
We consulted an in-house index to the clemency proclamations dating from 1988 through 2009. We were unable to locate an entry for Homer Lee Merriman.
If you believe that this pardon proclamation is dated between 1970 and 1988, we will need a pardon proclamation number or the exact date of the pardon in order to search for it. If you have an exact date or number of the pardon proclamation, please provide us with that information and we will continue our search.
You are welcome to visit our facility and search the collection. These records are on microfilm and may be accessed on-site in our Reference reading room. We are located at 1201 Brazos Street in Austin, Texas. Before your visit, you may wish to review the following web pages regarding parking and guidelines for use of our materials:
www.tsl.texas.gov/arc/visit.html<http://www.tsl.texas.gov/arc/visit.html>
www.tsl.texas.gov/arc/guidelines.html<http://www.tsl.texas.gov/arc/guidelines.html>
If you are unable to conduct research on your own behalf, you may be interested in a listing of private researchers familiar with our facility. The listing is available on our website at:
www.tsl.texas.gov/arc/researchers.html<http://www.tsl.texas.gov/arc/researchers.html>
Alternatively, in order to locate a pardon proclamation number, you may wish to contact the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles. A Public Information Act request can be submitted in writing to their mailing address or e-mail address. Contact information can be found on its website at:
www.tdcj.state.tx.us/bpp/brd_locations/brd_locations.html<http://www.tdcj.state.tx.us/bpp/brd_locations/brd_locations.html>
We have previously contacted the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) regarding the inclusion of the word "clemency" on an individual's criminal history report. Staff noted that information is often submitted electronically by a law enforcement or criminal justice agency. They suggested contacting the agency which submitted the entry as the best way to confirm the definition of the word "clemency" as used. DPS staff also referenced the phrase "judicial clemency discharge." Although the specific words are not used in the statutes, DPS staff noted the Texas Code of Criminal Procedure, Article 42A allows a judge to order early termination or discharge from community supervision when certain conditions are met. The Code of Criminal Procedure is available online at:
www.statutes.legis.state.tx.us/Docs/SDocs/CODEOFCRIMINALPROCEDURE.pdf<http://www.statutes.legis.state.tx.us/Docs/SDocs/CODEOFCRIMINALPROCEDURE.pdf>
If judicial clemency discharge is a possibility, you may wish to contact the district clerk's office for records of the original court hearing the case. A complete listing of District Clerk addresses can be found on the County and District Clerks' Association of Texas website at:
www.cdcatexas.com/Directory/Clerks<http://www.cdcatexas.com/Directory/Clerks>
If you have not done so already, you may wish to contact the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) to determine if a copy of a pardon, parole discharge, or other clemency record is included in an inmate file. State records do have retention schedules governing the length of time files are kept, which may affect whether the document you are seeking still exists. To request records, please contact TDCJ Executive Services:
TDCJ - Executive Services
P.O. Box 99
Huntsville, TX 77342-0099
exec.services@tdcj.texas.gov<mailto:exec.services@tdcj.texas.gov>
We hope this information will be helpful to you.
Archives Staff
Texas State Library and Archives Commission
512-463-5455
archinfo@tsl.texas.gov<mailto:marchinfo@tsl.texas.gov>
www.tsl.texas.gov
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From: alice valkova
Homer Lee Merriman
paroled 8/28/1980,
pardoned 6/29/1983,
clemency discharged 9/12/1988
The pardon and clemency information is what we are requesting
From: Texas State Library and Archives Commission
Your request for information was received by the staff of the Texas State Library and Archives Commission.
Within our Texas Secretary of State executive clemency records, we located proclamation number 83-12850 for Homer Merriman. We have attached a digital image of the proclamation to this e-mail. Additional information concerning these records may be found in the online finding aid:
legacy.lib.utexas.edu/taro/tslac/30056/tsl-30056.html<https://legacy.lib.utexas.edu/taro/tslac/30056/tsl-30056.html>
A clemency discharge, or a "judicial clemency discharge," may be referenced in the records of the district court that originally heard the case. Staff at the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) noted that information is often submitted electronically by a law enforcement or criminal justice agency. They suggested contacting the agency which submitted the entry as the best way to confirm the definition of the word "clemency" as used. Although the specific words are not used in the statutes, DPS staff noted the Texas Code of Criminal Procedure, Article 42A allows a judge to order early termination or discharge from community supervision when certain conditions are met. The Code of Criminal Procedure is available online at:
www.statutes.legis.state.tx.us/Docs/SDocs/CODEOFCRIMINALPROCEDURE.pdf <http://www.statutes.legis.state.tx.us/Docs/SDocs/CODEOFCRIMINALPROCEDURE.pdf>
If judicial clemency discharge is a possibility, you may wish to contact the district clerk's office for records of the original court hearing the case. A complete listing of District Clerk addresses can be found on the County and District Clerks' Association of Texas website at:
www.cdcatexas.com/Directory/Clerks<http://www.cdcatexas.com/Directory/Clerks>
If you have not done so already, you may wish to contact the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) to determine if a copy of a pardon, parole discharge, or other clemency record is included in an inmate file. State records do have retention schedules governing the length of time files are kept, which may affect whether the document you are seeking still exists. To request records, please contact TDCJ Executive Services:
TDCJ - Executive Services
P.O. Box 99
Huntsville, TX 77342-0099
exec.services@tdcj.texas.gov<mailto:exec.services@tdcj.texas.gov>
We hope this information will be helpful to you.
Archives Staff
Texas State Library and Archives Commission
www.tsl.texas.gov
512-463-5455
archinfo@tsl.texas.gov<mailto:marchinfo@tsl.texas.gov>
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From: alice valkova
Hi,
Thanks so much for your help with this request! I really appreciate it.
Sincerely,
alice valkova
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