Legal Opinion
in Re Mike Mendoza, Jr.
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided April 21, 2015No. 01-14-01012-CRPublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
Laura Carter Higley, Justice
Relator, Mike Mendoza, Jr., proceeding pro se and incarcerated, filed a petition for a writ of mandamus on December 22, 2014/ which was assigned cause number 01-14-01012-CR, seeking to compel the respondent, the Honorable Denise Bradley, to rule on his pending post-conviction motion for forensic DNA testing. 1 On January 27, 2015, this Court’s memorandum opinion denied Mendoza’s mandamus petition on the ground that the trial court had neither a duty nor jurisdiction to rule on his free-floating motion since neither his habeas application nor criminal case…
2Cases cited7 opinions
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- Padieu, Philippe, Relator v. Court of Appeals of Texas, 5th DistrictCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2013
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