Court Opinion

ID: 6326763
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2022-03-25 07:12:43.390116+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T09:22:16.492206
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In The

                                 Court of Appeals

                     Ninth District of Texas at Beaumont

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                                NO. 09-22-00077-CR
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                        IN RE FABBIAN DONTA SCOTT

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                          Original Proceeding
           Criminal District Court of Jefferson County, Texas
                 Trial Cause Nos. 21-36748 & 21-36749
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                           MEMORANDUM OPINION

      In a petition for a writ of mandamus, Fabbian Donta Scott asks this Court to

compel the trial court to hold an evidentiary hearing and rule on a motion to quash

the indictments as a matter of law. Scott complains that the trial court failed to “give

an attentive ear[]” before denying the motion to quash on January 31, 2022. Also,

he complains of alleged misconduct of the prosecutor.

      The record before this Court fails to establish that Scott seeks to compel a

ministerial act, not involving a discretionary or judicial decision, for which he lacks

an adequate remedy at law. See State ex rel. Young v. Sixth Judicial Dist. Court of

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Appeals at Texarkana, 236 S.W.3d 207, 210 (Tex. Crim. App. 2007) (orig.

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

      PETITION DENIED.

                                                        PER CURIAM

Submitted on March 22, 2022
Opinion Delivered March 23, 2022
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Before Golemon, C.J., Kreger and Johnson, JJ.

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