Case Name: In re the STATE of Texas
Court: Texas Courts of Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 2000-09-20
Citations: 26 S.W.3d 759
Docket Number: No. 10-00-288-CV
Parties: In re the STATE of Texas.
Judges: Before Chief Justice DAVIS, Justice VANCE, and Justice GRAY.
Reporter: South Western Reporter Third Series
Volume: 26
Pages: 759–761

Head Matter:
In re the STATE of Texas.
No. 10-00-288-CV.
Court of Appeals of Texas, Waco.
Sept. 20, 2000.
R. Neel McDonald, Asst. County Atty., Fairfield, for Relator.
James V. Fulcher, Teague, George M. Robinson, Fairfield, for Real Party in Interest.
Before Chief Justice DAVIS, Justice VANCE, and Justice GRAY.

Opinion:
OPINION
REX D. DAVIS, Chief Justice.
The State of Texas asks this Court to issue a writ of mandamus against Respondent, the Honorable Horace D. Black, Judge of the 77th District Court of Freestone County. We notified the State on the date it filed its petition that the petition is defective because it is not signed and does not contain proper proof of service. See Tex.R.App. P. 9.1, 9.5(d). We advised the State that we would not act on the petition unless these defects were corrected. The State has failed to correct these defects.
Accordingly, we deny the petition. See id. 52.8(a). Our denial of the petition shall not be construed as a ruling on the merits.
Justice GRAY dissenting.