in Re Robert Allen Satterfield ( 2022 )

NUMBER 13-22-00577-CR
COURT OF APPEALS
THIRTEENTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS
CORPUS CHRISTI – EDINBURG
IN RE ROBERT ALLEN SATTERFIELD
On Petition for Writ of Mandamus.
ORDER
Before Chief Justice Contreras and Justices Longoria and Silva
Order Per Curiam
Relator Robert Allen Satterfield has filed a petition for writ of mandamus seeking
to compel the trial court to allow certain discovery, including testing and analysis of DNA
and ballistics evidence, in a case in which relator has been charged with capital murder.
By motion to stay, relator seeks to stay the underlying proceedings and the trial of this
matter which is scheduled to commence on December 5, 2022.
The Court, having examined and fully considered the motion to stay, is of the
opinion that it should be granted. Accordingly, we order the trial court proceedings,
including the trial of this matter, to be stayed pending further order of this Court. See TEX.
R. APP. P. 52.10(b) (“Unless vacated or modified, an order granting temporary relief is
effective until the case is finally decided.”). We request the real party in interest, the State
of Texas, acting by and through the District Attorney of Wharton County, Texas, or any
others whose interest would be directly affected by the relief sought, to file a response to
the petition for writ of mandamus on or before the expiration of ten (10) days from the
date of this order. See id. R. 52.2, 52.4, 52.8.
PER CURIAM
Do not publish.
TEX. R. APP. P. 47.2 (b).
Delivered and filed on the
2nd day of December, 2022.
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