in Re Jeffery Allen Whitfield

TEXAS COURT OF APPEALS, THIRD DISTRICT, AT AUSTIN NO. 03-19-00582-CV In re Jeffery Allen Whitfield ORIGINAL PROCEEDING FROM BELL COUNTY MEMORANDUM OPINION Relator Jeffery Allen Whitfield has filed a petition for writ of mandamus asking this Court to compel the respondent trial court to rule on his pending motion for the appointment of counsel to assist him in filing a post-conviction motion for DNA testing. See Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 64.01(c). Mandamus relief will issue to compel the performance of a ministerial act or duty. State ex. rel. Young v. Sixth Judicial Dist. Court of Appeals at…