Case Name: Billy Myrl CROSS, Jr. v. Don METCALFE, Judge
Court: Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1979-06-13
Citations: 582 S.W.2d 156
Docket Number: No. 61600
Parties: Billy Myrl CROSS, Jr. v. Don METCALFE, Judge.
Judges: PHILLIPS, J., joins.
Reporter: South Western Reporter Second Series
Volume: 582
Pages: 156–159

Head Matter:
Billy Myrl CROSS, Jr. v. Don METCALFE, Judge.
No. 61600.
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas, En Banc.
June 13, 1979.
Roberts, J., dissented and filed opinion in which Phillips, J., joined.
Clinton, J., dissented to the order dismissing and filed opinion.
James M. Murphy, Dallas, for appellant.
Robert Huttash, State’s Atty., Austin, for the State.

Opinion:
ORDER
DALLY, Judge.
This is an original proceeding in which the petitioner asks this Court to issue a writ of mandamus ordering the Hon. Don Met-calfe, Judge of Criminal District Court No. 2 of Dallas County to hear the petitioner's motion for shock probation under Art. 42.-12, Sec. 3d, V.A.C.C.P.
The petitioner's motion for leave to file his petition for writ of mandamus was improvidently granted, and the motion is hereby dismissed.
It is so ordered.