Legal Opinion
State Ex Rel. Healey v. McMeans
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Decided October 5, 1994No. 71715PublishedCited by 120 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION ON RELATOR’S APPLICATION FOR WRIT OF MANDAMUS
CAMPBELL, Judge.
Relator John F. Healey, Jr., District Attorney of Fort Bend County, seeks a writ of mandamus from this Court directing respondent Walter S. McMeans, Judge of County Court at Law Number Two of Fort Bend County, to vacate his orders granting motions to quash four subpoenas. The subpoenas in question commanded four newsmen to appear and give evidence in a pending criminal prosecution. We will conditionally grant the writ.
The Relevant Facts
Sometime in late 1992 or early 1993, relator presented an information in respondent’s…
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