in Re Melton Eugene Kuhn

• Court: Court of Appeals of Texas
• Decided: July 25, 2018
• Docket: 09-18-00220-CR
• Status: Published

Opinion

In The

Court of Appeals Ninth District of Texas at Beaumont ____________________ NO. 09-18-00220-CR ____________________

IN RE MELTON EUGENE KUHN

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Original Proceeding 9th District Court of Montgomery County, Texas Trial Cause No. 08-07-06923-CR ________________________________________________________ _____________

MEMORANDUM OPINION

Relator Melton Eugene Kuhn filed a petition for writ of mandamus, in which

he asked this Court to compel the trial judge to rule upon his post-conviction

application for forensic DNA testing. The State’s response to Kuhn’s petition

includes an appendix containing the trial court’s appealable order, dated July 12,

2018, denying Kuhn’s motion. See Tex. Code Crim. Proc. Ann. art. 64.05 (West

2018); see also In re Johnston, 79 S.W.3d 195, 197 (Tex. App.—Texarkana 2002,

orig. proceeding) (stating that time to appeal commences when the trial court signs

an order denying motion seeking DNA testing). We conclude that because the trial

1 court has now ruled upon Kuhn’s post-conviction application for DNA testing, this

original proceeding is moot. Accordingly, we dismiss the petition for writ of

mandamus as moot.

PETITION DISMISSED.

PER CURIAM

Submitted on July 16, 2018 Opinion Delivered July 25, 2018 Do Not Publish

Before McKeithen, C.J., Horton and Johnson, JJ.