in Re: Robert Wayne Colvin

• Court: Court of Appeals of Texas
• Decided: August 22, 2007
• Docket: 12-07-00305-CR
• Status: Published

Opinion

                NO. 12-07-00305-CR

IN THE COURT OF APPEALS

TWELFTH COURT OF APPEALS DISTRICT

TYLER, TEXAS

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IN RE: ROBERT WAYNE COLVIN,         §          ORIGINAL PROCEEDING

RELATOR

MEMORANDUM OPINION

            Robert Wayne Colvin, also known as William Robert Colvin, seeks a writ of mandamus compelling the trial court to grant his motion for judgment nunc pro tunc in which he alleges he was not given proper jail time credit. 

            When a trial court does not respond to a motion for a nunc pro tunc judgment alleging incorrect jail time credit, we may grant a writ of mandamus requiring the trial court to rule on the motion.  Ex parte Ybarra, 149 S.W.3d 147, 149 (Tex. Crim. App. 2004).  In cases such as this, when the trial court has ruled on the motion and denied it, filing an application for writ of habeas corpus in the court of criminal appeals, and not mandamus, is the appropriate avenue for relief.  See Tex. Code Crim. Proc. Ann. art. 11.07 (Vernon 2005) (establishes procedures for postconviction application for writ of habeas corpus in noncapital felony cases); Ex parte Deeringer, 210 S.W.3d 616, 617-18 (Tex. Crim. App. 2006).  Accordingly, we deny Colvin’s petition for writ of mandamus.

                                                                                                     BRIAN HOYLE   

                                                                                                               Justice

Opinion delivered August 22, 2007.

Panel consisted of Worthen, C.J., Griffith, J., and Hoyle, J.

(DO NOT PUBLISH)