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In re Ramos

Court of Appeals of Texas, Eighth District, El Paso
Jul 3, 2008
No. 08-08-00207-CR (Tex. App. Jul. 3, 2008)

Opinion

No. 08-08-00207-CR

July 3, 2008. DO NOT PUBLISH.

An Original Proceeding. In Mandamus.

Before CHEW, C.J., McCLURE, and CARR, JJ.


MEMORANDUM OPINION ON PETITION FOR WRIT OF MANDAMUS


Relator, David Ramos, requests this Court issue a writ of mandamus to compel the production of transcripts and witness lists related to indictments in the 168th and 34th Judicial District Courts. He also represents to the Court that both indictments are defective for lack of jurisdiction, and that the statute of limitations for the charges against him has expired. In order to obtain relief through a writ of mandamus, a relator must establish: (1) no other adequate remedy at law is available and (2) the act he seeks to compel is ministerial. Dickens v. Court of Appeals For Second Supreme Judicial Dist. of Texas, 727 S.W.2d 542, 548 (Tex.Crim.App. 1987). An act is ministerial if it does not involve the exercise of discretion. State ex rel. Hill v. Court of Appeals for the Fifth District, 34 S.W.3d 924, 927 (Tex.Crim.App. 2001). However, a so-called discretionary function may become ministerial when the facts and circumstances dictate but one rational decision. Buntion v. Harmon, 827 S.W.2d 945, 948 n. 2 (Tex.Crim.App. 1992). Ramos has not provided the Court with any documentation of the matters complained of in his petition. See Tex. R. App. P. 52.3(j). Therefore, the petition does not demonstrate he is entitled to the relief he has requested. See Tex. R. App. P. 52.7; Dickens 727 S.W.2d at 548. Accordingly, we deny mandamus relief. See Tex. R. App. P. 52.8(a).


Summaries of

In re Ramos

Court of Appeals of Texas, Eighth District, El Paso
Jul 3, 2008
No. 08-08-00207-CR (Tex. App. Jul. 3, 2008)
Case details for

In re Ramos

Case Details

Full title:IN RE: DAVID RAMOS, Relator

Court:Court of Appeals of Texas, Eighth District, El Paso

Date published: Jul 3, 2008

Citations

No. 08-08-00207-CR (Tex. App. Jul. 3, 2008)