Legal Opinion

Erazo v. Sanchez

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided October 18, 2016No. 14-15-00884-CVPublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

Martha Hill Jamison Justice

In four issues, appellant Alex Erazo appeals the trial court’s order dismissing his case for lack of jurisdiction. Erazo filed a petition for writ of mandamus seeking to *897compel appellees Louis A. Sanchez, chief medical director for the Harris County-Institute of Forensic Sciences; former Harris County District Attorney Mike Anderson; and Justice of the Peace Dale M. Gorczynski to exhume the remains of a woman whom Erazo was convicted of murdering, perform an autopsy, and conduct or reopen an inquest into her cause of death.1 Concluding that the trial court…

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  5. City of Waco v. KirwanTexas Supreme Court · 2009

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3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Alex Erazo v. Luis a Sanchez, Chief Medical Director for the Harris County Institute of Forensic Sciences, and Kim Ogg, District Attorney for Harris County, Texas (Formally Devon Anderson), Texas Court of Appeals, 14th District (Houston)2019
  2. Atkinson v. PustilnikDistrict Court, S.D. Texas · 2025

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