State Ex Rel. Holmes v. Lanford

OPINION

CANNON, Justice.

This is an application for writ of mandamus brought by Relator, Harris County District Attorney, John B. Holmes Jr., on behalf of the State of Texas. Relator requests that this Court order Respondents, the Honorable Norman Lanford, Presiding Judge, and the Honorable Carl Walker, Judge, both of the 185th district court of Harris County, to vacate their orders overruling Relator’s objection to Respondent Lanford sitting as an assigned judge in the 185th district court in cause no. 627,562, The State of Texas v. Michael Wayne Penrice. On July 7, 1992, this Court granted…