Court Opinion

ID: 4105180
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Date Created: 2016-12-07 15:17:34.983803+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T14:19:32.883171
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In The

                                Court of Appeals
                    Ninth District of Texas at Beaumont
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                               NO. 09-16-00344-CR
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                          IN RE RAYMOND YOUNG

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                             Original Proceeding
               252nd District Court of Jefferson County, Texas
                            Trial Cause No. 92153
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                         MEMORANDUM OPINION

      Relator Raymond Young filed a petition for writ of mandamus, in which he

asked this Court to compel the trial judge to rule upon his post-conviction motion

for forensic DNA testing. We requested a response from the State, and the State

filed an appendix containing the trial court’s appealable order, dated October 31,

2016, denying Young’s motion. On November 9, 2016, Young filed a notice of

appeal, which stated that he was appealing the trial court’s order denying his

motion, and we docketed that proceeding as No. 09-16-00432-CR, Raymond

Young v. The State of Texas.

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      We conclude that because the trial court has now ruled upon Young’s post-

conviction motion for DNA testing, this original proceeding is moot. Accordingly,

we dismiss the petition for writ of mandamus as moot.

      PETITION DISMISSED.

                                                  PER CURIAM

Submitted on October 14, 2016
Opinion Delivered December 7, 2016
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Before McKeithen, C.J., Kreger and Johnson, JJ.

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