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PADILLA v. McDANIEL

No. 20423-05.

122 S.W.3d 805 (2003)

Ismael H. PADILLA, Petitioner, v. Lana Rolf McDANIEL, Judge, 203rd Judicial District Court, Respondent.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas, En banc.

December 3, 2003.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ismael H. Padilla, pro se.

Bill Hill, Dist. Atty., Dallas, Matthew Paul, State's Attorney, Austin, for state.

Before the court en banc.

PER CURIAM.

The petitioner alleges that he has been convicted of a criminal offense and imprisoned in the Institutional Division of the Department of Criminal Justice. He has petitioned this court for a writ of mandamus compelling the respondent judge to appoint counsel for him on his motion for forensic DNA testing.1 At the time that he alleges that he filed his motion, a statute required the convicting court to appoint counsel.

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