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STATE EX REL. VANCE v. HATTEN

No. 62392.

600 S.W.2d 828 (1980)

STATE of Texas ex rel. Carol VANCE, District Attorney of Harris County, Texas, Petitioner, v. William M. HATTEN, Judge of 176th District Court of Harris County, Texas, Respondent.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas, En Banc.

Rehearing Denied July 16, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carol S. Vance, Dist. Atty., Larry P. Urquhart and Ira L. Jones, II, Asst. Dist. Attys., Houston, for petitioner.

Marvin O. Teague and Ken J. McLean, Houston, for respondent.

Robert Huttash, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.

Before the court en banc.

OPINION

W. C. DAVIS, Judge.

The State seeks a writ of mandamus to compel District Court Judge Hatten to withdraw his order granting the release from the Texas Department of Corrections of one Richard Earl Norris, pursuant to the provisions of Article 42.12, Sec. 3e(a), Vernon's Ann.C.C.P. The record reflects that on April 5, 1978, defendant Norris was found guilty by a jury of the offense of involuntary manslaughter. On March 23, 1979, the trial court assessed...

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