State v. James

EVANS, Justice.

Relator, the State of Texas, seeks leave to file a motion for mandamus to compel the Honorable W. Ervin James, Judge of the 127th Judicial District Court of Harris County, Texas, to preferentially set a case for trial for the week of May 28, 1973.

Relator’s motion for preferential setting was heard in the trial court on April 12, 1973, and by order entered April 16, 1973 the trial court denied said motion, holding that the State had not complied with Rule 3 of the Rules of the District Courts of Harris County, Texas and that a preferential setting could not be granted. Relator’s…