Legal Opinion
Woodard v. the Eighth Court of Appeals
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Decided August 21, 1998No. 73,133PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
2Per curiam
This is an original action seeking a writ of mandamus against the Eighth Court of Appeals. State district judge Jerry Woodard maintains the court of appeals clearly abused its discretion by conditionally granting mandamus relief against him in a pending capital murder prosecution. In re Castillo, No. 08-97-00479-CR, 1998 WL 197656, opinion vacated and withdrawn on August 21,1998, (Tex.App.—El Paso, April 28, 1998).
Richard Castillo has been indicted by an El Paso County grand jury for the offense of capital murder. Judge Woodard has been assigned to preside over the trial. Castillo has…
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