in Re: Victor Bustos, Sr. ( 2004 )

Criminal Case Template COURT OF APPEALS EIGHTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS EL PASO, TEXAS

) ) No. 08-03-00482-CR

IN RE: VICTOR BUSTOS, SR.

) ) AN ORIGINAL PROCEEDING

Relator.

) ) IN MANDAMUS ) )

O P I N I O N

Relator Victor Bustos, Sr. seeks a writ of mandamus to compel the trial court to give him copies of all documents and files concerning Relator pursuant to the Texas Open Records Act and Article 38.071 of the Code of Criminal Procedure. Relator is not entitled to free copies of court records under these statutes. See Tex.Code Crim.Proc.Ann. art. 38.071 (Vernon Pamphlet 2004) (relating to testimony of a child victim); In re Trevino, 79 S.W.3d 794, 796 (Tex. App.--Corpus Christi 2002, orig. proceeding)(holding that the Open Records Act does not entitle an indigent criminal defendant to a free appellate record).

The petition for writ of mandamus is denied.

January 8, 2004 Justice Ann Crawford McClure ANN CRAWFORD McCLURE, Justice

Before Panel No. 2

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

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