In Re Ronald Lee Alexander v. the State of Texas

• Court: Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)
• Decided: February 26, 2026
• Docket: 01-26-00162-CR
• Status: Published

Opinion

Opinion issued February 26, 2026

In The

Court of Appeals For The

First District of Texas ———————————— NO. 01-26-00162-CR ——————————— IN RE RONALD LEE ALEXANDER, Relator

Original Proceeding on Petition for Writ of Mandamus

MEMORANDUM OPINION

Relator, Ronald Lee Alexander, incarcerated1 and proceeding pro se, filed a

petition for a writ of mandamus2 alleging that the trial court has “fail[ed] to do [its]

1 Relator appealed his conviction for the felony offense of capital murder, which was affirmed by this Court in 1999. See Alexander v. State, No. 01-98-00505-CR, 1999 WL 959235, at *4 (Tex. App.—Houston [1st Dist.] Oct. 21, 1999, no pet.) (not designated for publication). 2 In connection with his petition for writ of mandamus, relator filed a letter-motion for leave to file his petition for writ of mandamus. However, it is no longer necessary to file a motion for leave before filing a petition for writ of mandamus. See TEX. R. APP. P. 52.1. administrative duty [by] not accepting and ruling on [relator’s] pro se motions.”3

Relator’s mandamus petition argued that because the trial court has failed to rule on

unidentified motions he alleges to have filed, he has “been denied . . . access to

courts” and his “right[] to be heard by the [trial] court.” Relator’s petition requested

that this Court grant his request for mandamus relief and direct the trial court to

“vacate the order of May 8th, 1998 . . . and grant relator [a] new trial based

on . . . newly discovered exculpatory evidence.”

Our review of relator’s mandamus petition reflects that he has failed to

establish that he is entitled to mandamus relief. See TEX. R. APP. P. 52.3(l),

52.7(a)(1); see also In re Powell, 516 S.W.3d 488, 494–95 (Tex. Crim. App. 2017);

In re Gomez, 602 S.W.3d 71, 73 (Tex. App.—Houston [14th Dist.] 2020, orig.

proceeding). Accordingly, we deny relator’s petition for writ of mandamus. See

TEX. R. APP. P. 52.8(a). We dismiss any pending motions as moot.

PER CURIAM

Panel consists of Justices Guerra, Caughey, and Dokupil.

Do not publish. TEX. R. APP. P. 47.2(b).

3 The underlying case is The State of Texas v. Ronald Lee Alexander, cause number 779738, pending in the 176th District Court of Harris County, Texas, the Honorable Nikita V. Harmon presiding.