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DENIED and Opinion Filed May 12, 2023

                                    S   In The
                             Court of Appeals
                      Fifth District of Texas at Dallas
                                No. 05-23-00374-CV

                     IN RE ROBERT B. READ, JR., Relator

          Original Proceeding from the 366th Judicial District Court
                            Collin County, Texas
                     Trial Court Cause No. 366-81170-06

                         MEMORANDUM OPINION
                    Before Justices Reichek, Nowell, and Miskel
                            Opinion by Justice Reichek
      Before the Court is relator’s April 24, 2023 petition for writ of mandamus

wherein relator requests that the Court compel the trial court to rule on a

postconviction motion for the production of grand jury transcripts.

      To establish a right to mandamus relief in a criminal case, the relator must

show that the trial court violated a ministerial duty and there is no adequate remedy

at law. In re State ex rel. Weeks, 391 S.W.3d 117, 122 (Tex. Crim. App. 2013) (orig.

proceeding). To seek mandamus relief from a trial court’s failure to rule, a relator

must establish the trial court (1) had a legal duty to rule on the motion, (2) was asked

to rule on the motion, and (3) failed to do so within a reasonable time. In re Prado,

522 S.W.3d 1, 2 (Tex. App.—Dallas 2017, orig. proceeding) (mem. op.).
      After reviewing relator’s petition and the record before us, we conclude that

relator has failed to demonstrate entitlement to mandamus relief. Accordingly, we

deny the petition for writ of mandamus. See TEX. R. APP. P. 52.8(a).

                                          /Amanda L. Reichek/
                                          AMANDA L. REICHEK
                                          JUSTICE

230374F.P05

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