in Re Angel Soliz, Jr. ( 2008 )

Opinion issued December 19, 2008

In The

Court of Appeals

For The

First District of Texas

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NO. 01-08-00878-CR

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IN RE ANGEL SOLIZ, JR., Relator

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Original Proceeding on Petition for Writ of Mandamus

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MEMORANDUM OPINION ⁽¹⁾

Relator, Angel Soliz, Jr., has filed a petition for writ of mandamus, complaining that the trial court denied his third pre-trial motion to reduce bond in trial court cause number 1148673. Relator requests that this Court order the trial court judge ⁽²⁾

to conduct a hearing on his third motion for pretrial bond, grant a bond in an amount that relator can make or in the alternative grant relator a personal recognizance bond.

After the petition was filed relator entered a guilty plea and was convicted in cause number 1148672. Because relator has been convicted of the underlying offense, he is no longer subject to pre-trial confinement. ⁽³⁾

The pretrial writ is therefore moot. See Martinez v. State, 826 S.W.2d 620, 620 (Tex. Crim. App. 1992); Hubbard v. State, 841 S.W.2d 33, 33 (Tex. App.--Houston [14th Dist.] 1992, no pet.).

The petition for writ of mandamus is denied as moot. See In re Markowitz, 998 S.W.2d 417 (Tex. App.--Waco 1999, orig. proceeding).

PER CURIAM

Panel consists of Justices Taft, Keyes, and Alcala

Do not publish. Tex. R. App. P. 47.2.(b).

1. Counsel for relator is Clay S. Conrad.

2.

Respondent is the Honorable Joan Campbell, Judge, 248th District Court, Harris County, Texas.

3. Harris County Justice Information System records reflect that on December 1, 2008, Angel Soliz, Sr. was convicted in cause number 1148673 and was sentenced by the court to confinement for 15 years and assessed a fine of $10, 000.