STATE EX REL. WATKINS v. CREUZOT

Nos. AP-76,594, AP-76,595.

352 S.W.3d 493 (2011)

STATE of Texas ex rel. Craig WATKINS, Relator, v. The Honorable John CREUZOT, Respondent.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

Rehearing Denied October 5, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Craig Watkins , Dist. Atty., for Appellant.

Christina O'Neil , Senior Staff Atty., Lisa C. McMinn , State's Atty., Austin, for State.


OPINION

COCHRAN, J., delivered the opinion of the Court in which KELLER, P.J., and WOMACK, JOHNSON and ALCALA, JJ., joined.

The State of Texas, acting through Craig Watkins, the elected District Attorney of Dallas County, filed a petition for a writ of mandamus and prohibition to require the trial judge in this pending retrial of a capital murder to vacate his order precluding the State from seeking the death penalty. Jonathan Bruce Reed, the defendant...

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