Jones v. Westergren

OPINION

JACKSON B. SMITH, Jr., Justice, Retired.

In this original proceeding, the relator, Grant Jones, the District Attorney for Nueces County, seeks a writ of mandamus to compel the Honorable Mike Westergren, a District Judge in Nueces County, to vacate his order convening a Court of Inquiry pursuant to Tex.Code Crim.Proc. 52.01.

Relator asserts nine bases for relief that may be grouped as follows: (1) Art. 52.01 is unconstitutional on its face; (2) the court made procedural errors resulting in noncompliance with the provisions of Art. 52.-01; (3) the trial judge is constitutionally…