Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2024-04-22 08:10:37.583294+00
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Opinion issued April 16, 2024

                                        In The

                                Court of Appeals
                                       For The

                           First District of Texas
                              ————————————
                                NO. 01-24-00136-CR
                             ———————————
                 IN RE WILLIAM LESTER RICE, JR., Relator

             Original Proceeding on Petition for Writ of Mandamus

                           MEMORANDUM OPINION

      Relator William Lester Rice, Jr., incarcerated and proceeding pro se, filed a

“[Fif]th Amended Motion to Disqualify,” seeking to disqualify the trial court on the

alleged basis that the trial court has a “personal interest” in the underlying case.1 We

interpret Relator’s motion to be a petition for writ of mandamus.

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      The underlying case is William Lester Rice, Jr. v. The State of Texas, Cause No.
      857604, in the 185th District Court of Harris County, Texas, the Honorable Andrea
      Beall presiding.
      We deny the petition. Tex. R. App. P. 52.8(a). Any pending motions are

denied as moot.

                                 PER CURIAM

Panel consists of Justices Kelly, Countiss, and Rivas-Molloy.

Do not publish. TEX. R. APP. P. 47.2(b).

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