Sweed, James Lee

• Court: Texas Supreme Court
• Decided: December 28, 2015
• Docket: WR-15,251-20
• Status: Published

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Friday, December 11, 2015

The Honorable Yvonne Rangel ~eSweed Judge, 171 st District Court ID # 1967298 500 E. San Antonio Travis State Jail El Paso, TX 79901 8101 FM 969 * DELIVERED VIA E-MAIL * Austin, TX 78724

Hon. Jaime E. Esparza District Attorney El Paso County Courthouse 500 E. San Antonio, Suite 201 El Paso, TX ]990 1 * DELIVERED VIA E-MAIL * RE: Court of Appeal_s Number:- 08-15-00341-CR Trial Court Case Number: 69262 .... ·•

Style: In Re: Jimmy Lee Sweed

The Honorable Court of Appeals today rendered its opinion denying Relator's petition for writ of mandamus, in accordance with the.opinion ofthis Court. (OPINION AND JUDGMENT ENCLOSED).

Respectfully yours,

DENISE PACHECO, CLERK

'-~yO~ COURT OF APPEALS EIGHTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS EL PASO, TEXAS

§ No. 08-15-00341-CR fN RE: JIMMY LEE SWEED, § ORIGINAL PROCEEDING Relator. § ON PETITION FOR WRIT OF

§ MANDAMUS

JUDGMENT

The Court has considered this cause on the Relator's petition for writ of mandamus

against the Honorable Bonnie Rangel, Judge of the 171st District Court of El Paso County,

Texas, and concludes that Relator's petition for writ of mandamus should be denied. We

therefore deny the petition for writ of1mandamus, in accordance with the opinion of this Court.

IT IS SO ORDERED THIS 11TH DAY OF DECEMBER, 2015.

STEVEN L. HUGHES, Justice

Before McClure, C.J., Rodriguez, and Hughes, JJ. COURT OF APPEALS EIGHTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS EL PASO, TEXAS

§ No. 08-15-00341-CR lN RE: JIMMY LEE SWEED, § ORIGINAL PROCEEDING Relator. § ON PETITION FOR WRIT OF

MEMORANDUM OPINION

Relator, Jimmy Lee Sweed, has filed a petition for writ of mandamus against the

Honorable Bonnie Rangel, Judge of the 171 st District Court of El Paso County, Texas, alleging

that Respondent has not ruled on a post-conviction motion filed in cause number 69262: We

deny mandamus relief.

To be entitled to mandamus relief, a relator must meet two requirements. First, the

relator must show that the trial court clearly abused its discretion .. In re Prudential Insurance

Compan'y ofAmerica, 148 S.W.3d 124, 135 (Tex. 2004). Se~ond~the relator must d~monstrate

that there is no adequate remedy by appeal. !d. at 135-36. Mandamus may issue to compel a

trial court to rule on a motion which has been pending before the court for a reasonable period of

time. See In re Shredder Co., 225 S.W.3d 676, 679 (Tex.App.--El Paso 2006, orig. proceeding);

In re Hearn, 137 S.W.3d 681, 685 (Tex.App.--San Antonio 2004, orig. proceeding); In re

Chavez, 62 S.W.3d 225,228 (Tex.App.--Amarillo 2001, orig. proceeding). To obtain mandamus

relief for such refusal, a relator must establish: (1) the motion was properly filed and has been '·' ..

pending for a reasonable time; (2) the relator requested a ruling on the motion; and (3) the trial

court refused to rule. See Shredder Co., 225 S.W.3d at 679; Hearn, 137 S.W.3d at 685; Chavez,

62 S.W.3d at 228. Relator has failed to establish that he is entitled to mandamus relief.

Accordingly, we deny the petition for writ of mandamus.

STEVEN L. HUGHES, Justice December 11, 2015

Before McClure, C.J., Rodriguez, and Hughes, JJ.

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