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STATE v. JAMES

No. 16181.

494 S.W.2d 956 (1973)

The STATE of Texas, Relator, v. Honorable W. Ervin JAMES, Judge, 127th District Court, Harris County, Texas, Respondent.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Houston (1st Dist.).

April 20, 1973.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John L. Hill, Atty. Gen. Texas, Larry F. York, Mike Willatt, Terence L. O'Rourke, Asst. Attys. Gen., Austin, for relator.

Vinson, Elkins, Searls, Connally & Smith, F. Russell Kendall, Butler, Binion, Rice, Cook & Knapp, Fletcher Etheridge, Baker & Botts, Frank G. Harmon, Houston, for respondent.

EVANS, Justice.

Relator, the State of Texas, seeks leave to file a motion for mandamus to compel the Honorable W. Ervin James, Judge of the 127th Judicial District Court of Harris County, Texas, to preferentially set a case for trial for the week of May 28, 1973.

Relator's motion for preferential setting was heard in the trial court on April 12, 1973, and by order entered April 16, 1973 the trial court denied said motion, holding that the State had not complied...

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