in Re: Billy J. Basham

NUMBER 13-08-00478-CR

COURT OF APPEALS

THIRTEENTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS

CORPUS CHRISTI - EDINBURG

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IN RE BILLY J. BASHAM

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On Petition for Writ of Mandamus

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MEMORANDUM OPINION

Before Justices Rodriguez, Garza, and Vela Memorandum Opinion ⁽¹⁾Per Curiam

Relator, Billy J. Basham, filed a petition for writ of mandamus in the above cause on August 11, 2008. This petition for writ of mandamus was originally filed in this Court as a criminal, rather than civil, cause. Based on recent analysis from the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, however, we will transfer this matter to our civil cause number 13-08-00629-CV, and will consider it therein. See In re Johnson, No. AP-75,898, slip. op. ¶ 22 (Tex. Crim. App. Oct. 29, 2008) (orig. proceeding), available at http://www.cca.courts.state.tx.us/OPINIONS/HTMLOPINIONINFO.ASP?OPINIONID=17534. Therefore, this criminal cause is hereby DISMISSED.

PER CURIAM

Do not publish.

See Tex. R. App. P. 47.2(b).

Memorandum Opinion delivered and

filed this 13th day of November, 2008.

1. See Tex. R. App. P. 52.8(d) ("When denying relief, the court may hand down an opinion but is not required to do so."); Tex. R. App. P. 47.4 (distinguishing opinions and memorandum opinions).