Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2019-10-11 14:17:29.296849+00
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In The
              Court of Appeals
Sixth Appellate District of Texas at Texarkana

                  No. 06-19-00188-CR

             IN RE REGINALD D. REECE

             Original Mandamus Proceeding

      Before Morriss, C.J., Burgess and Stevens, JJ.
       Memorandum Opinion by Justice Burgess
                        MEMORANDUM OPINION
        Petitioner Reginald Reece has asked this Court to compel the trial court to grant relief in

the form of jail days served before Reece’s conviction. Reece argues he is entitled to credit for

time served when he was incarcerated on a Cass County conviction, while a hold was in place for

a charge against him in Bowie County. 1 Because we find Reece has received the relief he seeks,

we dismiss his petition as moot.

        The standard for mandamus relief articulated by the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals

requires the relator to establish that (1) there is no adequate remedy at law to redress the alleged

harm and (2) only a ministerial act, not a discretionary or judicial decision, is being sought. State

ex. rel. Young v. Sixth Judicial Dist. Court of Appeals at Texarkana, 236 S.W.3d 207, 210 (Tex.

Crim. App. 2007) (orig. proceeding). Due to the nature of this remedy, it is Reece’s burden to

properly request and show entitlement to mandamus relief. Barnes v. State, 832 S.W.2d 424, 426

(Tex. App.—Houston [1st Dist.] 1992, orig. proceeding) (per curiam) (“Even a pro se applicant

for a writ of mandamus must show himself entitled to the extraordinary relief he seeks.”).

        In its Third Judgment Nunc Pro Tunc, the trial court credited Reece with 801 days of jail-

time credits. Reece then filed this petition for writ of mandamus asserting that he is entitled to

another year of jail-time credits. Subsequent to the filing of Reece’s petition, the trial court entered

a Fourth Judgment Nunc Pro Tunc granting Reece credit for 1,170 days served toward his sentence

1
 Reece was ultimately convicted in Bowie County for theft with prior convictions. See TEX. PENAL CODE ANN.
§ 31.03(E)(4)(d). He pled true to sentencing enhancement allegations and was sentenced to twenty years’
confinement. See TEX. PENAL CODE ANN. § 12.425(b). This Court affirmed his conviction and sentence. See Reece
v. State, 474 S.W.3d 483 (Tex. App.—Texarkana 2015, no pet.).
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of twenty years. The trial court’s Fourth Judgment Nunc Pro Tunc reflects an increase of 369 days

jail-time credits over the amount previously granted in its Third Judgment Nunc Pro Tunc.

Accordingly, the trial court granted Reece the relief he requests in his petition.

       Reece having obtained the relief sought before this Court, we deny the petition as moot.

                                               Ralph K. Burgess
                                               Justice

Date Submitted:        October 10, 2019
Date Decided:          October 11, 2019

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