Opinion
Appellate case number: 01-20-00612-CRAppellate case number: 01-20-00617-CR
09-22-2020
In re The State of Texas, ex rel. Kim Ogg, Harris County District Attorney
ORDER Trial court case number: 1680890 1680898 Trial court: 228th District Court of Harris County
On September 1, 2020, relator, the State of Texas, ex rel. Kim Ogg, Harris County District Attorney, filed a petition for writ of mandamus challenging an oral order of the trial court made during an August 31, 2020 hearing, in which respondent adopted a prior order by visiting judge, the Honorable Leslie Yates, granting real party in interest, Thomas Wood's, motion to compel production of an investigative report pursuant to Article 39.14 of the Texas Code of Criminal Procedure.
In conjunction with its petition for writ of mandamus, relator also filed an "Emergency Motion for Temporary Relief to Stay Proceedings" in trial court cause numbers 1680890 and 1680898. On September 1, 2020, we entered an order granting the State's motion to stay.
On September 4, 2020, real party in interest, Thomas Wood, filed an "Expedited Motion to Transfer Case[s] from First Court of Appeals to Fourteenth Court of Appeals." This matter was referred to the Supreme Court of Texas for consideration. Pursuant to the Supreme Court's September 11, 2020 order, real party in interest's motion to transfer is denied.See Misc. Docket No. 20-9108 (Tex. Sept. 11, 2020).
It is so ORDERED. Judge's signature: /s/ Richard Hightower
[v] Acting individually [ ] Acting for the Court Date: September 22, 2020