in Re Lydia Sosa, Relator

No. 04-97-00975-CV

IN RE Lydia SOSA

Original Mandamus Proceeding(1)

Opinion by: Tom Rickhoff, Justice

Concurring opinion by: Phil Hardberger, Chief Justice

Sitting: Phil Hardberger, Chief Justice

Tom Rickhoff, Justice

Paul W. Green, Justice

Delivered and Filed: September 30, 1998

WRIT OF MANDAMUS CONDITIONALLY GRANTED

Lydia Sosa has filed a petition for a writ of mandamus to compel the Honorable Andy Mireles to set aside an order sustaining a contest to an affidavit of indigence. Because we are bound by the supreme court's decision to favor the rights of indigents to appeal, we must conditionally grant…