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denying relief where the court construed the petition as "a collateral attack on appellant's 1987 conviction for aggravated sexual assault, for which he received a life sentence[]"
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No. 05-04-00652-CV
Opinion and Order issued May 21, 2004.
Original Proceeding from the 283rd Judicial District Court, Dallas County, Texas, Trial Court Cause No. F87-77449-JT.
Writ of Mandamus Denied.
Before Justices WRIGHT, MOSELEY, and RICHTER.
MEMORANDUM OPINION
Relator filed a pro se petition for writ of mandamus asking this Court to order the trial court to give him a new trial. The substance of the petition is a collateral attack on appellant's 1987 conviction for aggravated sexual assault, for which he received a life sentence. Such an attack falls within the scope of a post-conviction writ of habeas corpus under article 11.07 of the Texas Code of Criminal Procedure. See Tex. Code Crim. Proc. Ann. art. 11.07 (Vernon Supp. 2004). Accordingly, we DENY relator's petition for writ of mandamus. See Tex.R.App.P. 52.8(a).