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MELENDEZ v. SALINAS

No. 13-94-394-CV.

895 S.W.2d 714 (1994)

Antonio MELENDEZ, Relator, v. Honorable Homer SALINAS, Judge, 92nd Judicial District Court, Hidalgo County, Texas, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Corpus Christi.

Ordered Published October 13, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nereda Morales-Martinez, Asst. Crim. Dist. Atty., Edinburg, for intervenor.

Jerome Wesevich, Edinburg, Santos Maldonado, Jr., Pharr, for relator.

Homer Salinas, Edinburg, for respondent.

Before SEERDEN, C.J., and GILBERTO HINOJOSA and YANEZ, JJ.

OPINION

YANEZ, Justice.

Antonio Melendez, relator, is an indigent defendant in a pending criminal case in the 92nd District Court presided over by respondent, the Honorable Homer Salinas. Melendez seeks a writ of mandamus directing Judge Salinas to conduct a pre-trial hearing on a motion to replace appointed counsel. We will conditionally grant the writ.

Melendez has been incarcerated in the Hidalgo County Jail since April 4, 1993, on a charge of...

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