in Re: Naim Abdullah Walid ( 2004 )

COURT OF APPEALS

COURT OF APPEALS

EIGHTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS

EL PASO, TEXAS

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                                                                              )               No.  08-04-00345-CR

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                                                                              )     AN ORIGINAL PROCEEDING

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IN RE:  NAIM ABDULLAH WALID                   )                 IN MANDAMUS

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O P I N I O N

Relator Naim Abdullah Walid has filed a petition for writ of mandamus, complaining of the trial court=s refusal to set aside a void judgment of conviction.  We do not have the authority to compel the trial court to set aside the judgment of conviction.  The Court of Criminal Appeals has the exclusive authority to grant post-conviction relief.  Ater v. Eighth Court of Appeals, 802 S.W.2d 241, 243 (Tex.Crim.App. 1991). Accordingly, the petition for writ of mandamus is denied.

December 16, 2004

DAVID WELLINGTON CHEW, Justice

Before Panel No. 2

Barajas, C.J., McClure, and Chew, JJ.

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