DICKENS v. CT. OF APP., 2ND SUP. JUD. DIST.

No. 69490.

727 S.W.2d 542 (1987)

Honorable Charles DICKENS, Relator, v. COURT OF APPEALS FOR the SECOND SUPREME JUDICIAL DISTRICT OF TEXAS, Respondent.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas, En Banc.

March 25, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Tim Curry, Dist. Atty. and C. Chris Marshall, Asst. Dist. Atty., Fort Worth, for relator.

Richard Alley, Fort Worth, for respondent.

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

Before the court en banc.


OPINION

CAMPBELL, Judge.

This is an original mandamus proceeding brought by the Judge of the 297th District Court in Tarrant County (relator),1 to contest the issuance, by the Court of Appeals for the Second Supreme Judicial District (respondent), of a writ of mandamus directing relator to allow discovery of a complainant's videotaped statement. Relator argues that the act of permitting discovery of evidence is a discretionary...

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