in Re: Michael Leron Dowden ( 2014 )

Deny and Opinion Filed May 20, 2014
S In The
Court of Appeals
Fifth District of Texas at Dallas
No. 05-14-00579-CV
No. 05-14-00580-CV
No. 05-14-00581-CV
IN RE MICHAEL LERON DOWDEN, Relator
Original Proceeding from the 194th Judicial District Court
Dallas County, Texas
Trial Court Cause No. F-88-86782-1
Trial Court Cause No. F-88-86404-M
Trial Court Cause No. F-88-89370-M
MEMORANDUM OPINION
Before Justices Bridges, Lang-Miers, and Myers
Opinion by Justice Bridges
Relator has filed a petition for writ of mandamus. The facts and issues are well known to
the parties, so we need not recount them herein. In a criminal case, an applicant for mandamus
relief must establish that he has no adequate remedy at law to redress the harm he has suffered,
and he must show that the act he seeks to compel or prohibit does not involve a discretionary or
judicial decision. Simon v. Levario, 306 S.W.3d 318, 320 (Tex. Crim. App. 2009). The record
before the Court shows relator has not met this standard. See TEX. R. APP. P. 52.8(a).
Accordingly, we DENY the petition for writ of mandamus.
/David L. Bridges/
140579F.P05 DAVID L. BRIDGES
JUSTICE