Hicks v. Duncan

OPINION

EVANS, Chief Justice.

This is an original proceeding, ancillary to an appeal pending in this Court, whereby relator seeks a writ of mandamus to compel the Honorable Jimmie Duncan, Judge of the County Criminal Court at Law No. 3, to order relator released from confinement in the Harris County Detention Center.

Relator was convicted by a jury of the Class B misdemeanor offense of criminal trespass and sentenced by the court to 180 days confinement in the Harris County jail. The judgment, entered June 23, 1982, reflects that respondent directed that relator receive a credit of 200 days…