OPINION
TOM GRAY, Justice.
Paul Ray Davis was convicted and sentenced in accordance with a plea agreement. Davis did not seek a new trial. Can the trial court order a new trial on its own motion? Because we find that a trial court does not have authority to grant a new trial in a criminal case unless it is requested by the defendant, we hold that the order granting a new trial on the court's motion is void and conditionally grant the writ of mandamus.
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