State Ex Rel. Esparza v. Paxson

OPINION

BARAJAS, Justice.

This is an original proceeding seeking to mandamus the Honorable Samuel Paxson, Judge of the 210th Judicial District Court of El Paso, County, Texas, Respondent. Relator, Jaime Esparza, District Attorney for the 34th Judicial District seeks mandamus to direct Respondent to correct a judgment of conviction to properly reflect a jury’s affirmative finding of the use of a deadly weapon. We conditionally grant the writ of mandamus.

In order to obtain relief through writ of mandamus, a relator must establish that (1) no other adequate remedy at law is available and (2) that…