STATE v. WESTERGREN

No. 13-86-010-CV.

707 S.W.2d 260 (1986)

The STATE of Texas, Relator, v. Honorable Mike WESTERGREN, Judge, 214th District Court of Nueces County, Texas, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Corpus Christi.

March 20, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Grant Jones, Bill May, Corpus Christi, for relator.

Mike Westergren, Corpus Christi, Margaret Covington, Aubrey Roberts, Sweetwater, Ray Bass, Bass & Associates, Austin, Douglas Tinker, Tinker, Tor & Brown, C. Gerard Miller, Jr., Corpus Christi, Mark Stevens, Gerald H. Goldstein, Goldstein, Goldstein & Hilley, San Antonio, for respondent.

Before the court sitting en banc.


OPINION

SEERDEN, Justice.

Relator, through the District Attorney, requests this Court to issue a writ of mandamus requiring the Honorable Mike Westergren, Presiding Judge of the 214th District Court, to vacate a judgment of acquittal entered for the defendant in Cause No. 84-CR-892-F, The State of Texas v. Margaret Covington. After careful consideration, we deny the request.

We first face the question of our jurisdiction to issue such a writ. The TEX...

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