In Re Charles Lamar Hicks v. the State of Texas

CourtCourt of Appeals of Texas
DecidedJuly 19, 2023
Docket09-23-00193-CR
StatusPublished

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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Submitted on June 20, 2023 Opinion Delivered July 19, 2023 Do Not Publish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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