in Re Ezelle Minton

TEXAS COURT OF APPEALS, THIRD DISTRICT, AT AUSTIN NO. 03-12-00693-CV In re Ezelle Minton ORIGINAL PROCEEDING FROM BASTROP COUNTY MEMORANDUM OPINION Relator Ezelle Minton, an inmate, has filed a pro se petition for writ of mandamus in this court. See Tex. Gov’t Code Ann. § 22.221 (West 2004). In the petition, Minton seeks a writ to compel the trial court to rule on his request to appoint counsel to assist him in filing a motion for DNA testing. See Tex. Code Crim. Proc. Ann. art. 64.01(c) (West Supp. 2012) (requiring trial court to appoint counsel for convicted person seeking post-conviction…