In Re Charles Lamar Hicks v. the State of Texas ( 2023 )

In The Court of Appeals Ninth District of Texas at Beaumont __________________ NO. 09-23-00193-CR __________________ IN RE CHARLES LAMAR HICKS __________________________________________________________________ Original Proceeding Criminal District Court of Jefferson County, Texas Trial Cause No. 12-13646 __________________________________________________________________ MEMORANDUM OPINION In a petition for a writ of mandamus filed as an original proceeding in this Court on June 16, 2023, Charles Lamar Hicks seeks to compel the trial court to rule on Hicks’s Motion for Forensic DNA Testing and Motion for Appointment of Counsel. In response to the mandamus petition, the State established that the trial court denied the Motion for Forensic DNA Testing in a written order signed on May 1, 2023.1 The mandamus record shows that the trial court performed the act that the 1 A pro se notice of appeal was forwarded to this Court and that matter has been docketed under Appeal Number 09-23-00199-CR. See Tex. R. App. P. 12.1. Hicks is represented by appointed counsel in that matter. 1 mandamus petition seeks to compel. Accordingly, we deny the petition for a writ of mandamus. See Tex. R. App. P. 52.8(a). PETITION DENIED. PER CURIAM Submitted on June 20, 2023 Opinion Delivered July 19, 2023 Do Not Publish Before Golemon, C.J., Johnson and Wright, JJ. 2