In Re Joseph Thomas Roberts v. the State of Texas

Opinion

Opinion issued January 25, 2024

In The

Court of Appeals

For The

First District of Texas

rules. Relator further requests that we instruct the trial court to “appoint an attorney . . . to defend [relator].”1 Relator’s petition for writ of mandamus fails to comply with the Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure. See TEX. R. APP. P. 52.3(a)–(h), (j)–(k), 52.7(a)(1) (inclusion of sworn record); see also TEX. R. APP. P. 9.5 (service on all parties); In re Harrison, No. 01-21-00531-CV, 2021 WL 4898073, *1 (Tex. App.—Houston [1st Dist.] Oct. 21, 2021, orig. proceeding) (mem. op., not designated for publication) (denying petition for writ of mandamus for failure to comply with Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure).

We deny the petition. See TEX. R. APP. P. 52.8(a). All pending motions are dismissed as moot.

PER CURIAM

Panel consists of Justices Goodman, Countiss, and Farris. Do not publish. TEX. R. APP. P. 47.2(b).

1 The underlying case is The State of Texas v. Joseph Thomas Roberts, Cause No.

23-CR-3584, in the 405th District Court of Galveston County, Texas, the Honorable Jared S. Robinson presiding.

Footnotes

1. NO. 01-23-00970-CR ——————————— IN RE JOSEPH THOMAS ROBERTS, Relator Original Proceeding on Petition for Writ of Mandamus MEMORANDUM OPINION Relator, Joseph Thomas Roberts, incarcerated and acting pro se, has filed a petition for a writ of mandamus, asserting that he “has been detained beyond the statutory minimum sentencing guidelines” in violation of the “fast and speedy trial”