Creel v. Sheriff of Medina County

OPINION

REEVES, Justice.

This is an appeal from the denial of the trial court to order the Sheriff and District Attorney of Medina County to furnish copies of documents in their custody pursuant to TEX.REV.CIV.STAT. ANN. art. 6252-17a (Vernon Supp.1988).

Appellant, Lynn Murphy Creel, is an inmate in the Texas Department of Corrections serving a life sentence after having been convicted of the capital murder of Wilson James Smith in Bexar County. Creel was also indicted by the Medina County Grand Jury for the aggravated robbery and kidnapping of Smith. All three of the alleged felonies grew out…