Jacolos v. Moss

ROWE, Justice.

Petitioners filed this application for a writ of mandamus, or alternatively prohibition, from an “Order of Conditional Discharge” granted under TEX.REV.CIV. STAT.ANN. art. 4476-15, § 4.12 (Vernon Supp.1983) (the Controlled Substance Act) by the Honorable Robert Moss, Judge of the County Criminal Court No. 10 of Dallas County. Our first question is whether mandamus will lie. We hold that it will. Our second question is whether the assessments of fines and court costs provided for in the order are “reasonable conditions” of probation under section 4.12. We hold that they are.…