Creel v. Sheriff of Medina County

Appellant, Lynn Murphy Creel, an inmate in the Texas Department of Corrections, sought to compel the Sheriff and the District Attorney of Medina County by writ of mandamus to provide him with “all the documents assembled by the [each] Respondents’ office in accordance with Sec. 4., 6252-17a V.A.C.S. in connection with the aforesaid offenses.”1

With regard to the petition against the sheriff, appellant alleged that the Respondent Sheriff had completed the investigation of the offenses which were inactive because the Respondent District Attorney had elected to dismiss the indictment in trial…