In Re Charles Lamar Hicks v. the State of Texas
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Opinion
In The
Court of Appeals
Ninth District of Texas at Beaumont
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NO. 09-23-00193-CR __________________
IN RE CHARLES LAMAR HICKS
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Original Proceeding Criminal District Court of Jefferson County, Texas Trial Cause No. 12-13646 __________________________________________________________________
MEMORANDUM OPINION
In a petition for a writ of mandamus filed as an original proceeding in this
Court on June 16, 2023, Charles Lamar Hicks seeks to compel the trial court to rule
on Hicks’s Motion for Forensic DNA Testing and Motion for Appointment of
Counsel. In response to the mandamus petition, the State established that the trial
court denied the Motion for Forensic DNA Testing in a written order signed on May
1, 2023.1 The mandamus record shows that the trial court performed the act that the
1 A pro se notice of appeal was forwarded to this Court and that matter has been docketed under Appeal Number 09-23-00199-CR. See Tex. R. App. P. 12.1. Hicks is represented by appointed counsel in that matter. 1 mandamus petition seeks to compel. Accordingly, we deny the petition for a writ of
mandamus. See Tex. R. App. P. 52.8(a).
PETITION DENIED.
PER CURIAM
Submitted on June 20, 2023 Opinion Delivered July 19, 2023 Do Not Publish
Before Golemon, C.J., Johnson and Wright, JJ.
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