Court Opinion

ID: 4464358
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2019-12-14 02:12:33.188619+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T14:53:42.459506
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In The

                                Court of Appeals

                    Ninth District of Texas at Beaumont

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                               NO. 09-19-00437-CV
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                        IN RE MICHAEL CORBELLO

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                          Original Proceeding
             128th District Court of Orange County, Texas
                      Trial Cause No. A190424-C
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                          MEMORANDUM OPINION

      In a mandamus petition, Michael Corbello complains that the trial court has

failed to hold a hearing on a bill of review that Corbello filed concerning a plea

bargain agreement in a criminal case. An equitable bill of review has no application

to criminal cases. McLean v. State, 171 S.W.2d 889, 890 (Tex. Crim. App. 1943). A

writ of mandamus will not issue if the relator seeks a remedy that is unavailable. In

re Patton, No. 06-12-00024-CR, 2012 WL 629153, at *1 (Tex. App.—Texarkana

Feb. 28, 2012, orig. proceeding) (mem. op.) (denying mandamus petition seeking to

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compel trial court to act on a petition for a bill of review regarding a criminal

conviction). We deny the petition for a writ of mandamus.

      PETITION DENIED.

                                                        PER CURIAM

Submitted on December 11, 2019
Opinion Delivered December 12, 2019

Before McKeithen, C.J., Kreger and Horton, JJ.

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