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Petition for Writ of Mandamus Denied and Memorandum Opinion filed October 6,
2011.

                                         In The

                      Fourteenth Court of Appeals

                                   NO. 14-11-00837-CR

                   IN RE JACK RONALD GORDON III, Relator

                             ORIGINAL PROCEEDING
                              WRIT OF MANDAMUS
                                 179th District Court
                                Harris County, Texas
                            Trial Court Cause No. 624,335

                       MEMORANDUM OPINION

      On September 28, 2011, relator Jack Ronald Gordon, III filed a petition for writ of
mandamus in this court. See Tex. Gov’t Code Ann. §22.221; see also Tex. R. App. P. 52.
In the petition, relator asks this court to compel the Honorable Randy Roll, presiding
judge of the 179th District Court of Harris County to rule on his motion for judgment
nunc pro tunc.

      This court has authority to issue a writ of mandamus in a criminal law matter only
if two conditions are met: (1) there is no adequate remedy at law; and (2) the act sought
to be compelled is ministerial. Ater v. Eighth Court of Appeals, 802 S.W.2d 241, 243
(Tex. Crim. App. 1991). Consideration of a motion that is properly filed and before the
court is a ministerial act. State ex rel. Curry v. Gray, 726 S.W.2d 125, 128 (Tex. Crim.
App.1987) (orig. proceeding). To obtain mandamus relief, 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. In re Keeter, 134 S.W.3d 250, 252 (Tex. App.—Waco 2003, orig.
proceeding). A relator must show that the trial court received, was aware of, and asked to
rule on the motion. In re Villarreal, 96 S.W.3d 708, 710 (Tex. App.—Amarillo 2003,
orig. proceeding).

       According to his petition, relator was convicted in 1992 of possession of cocaine
and sentenced to 25 years in prison. Attached to relator’s petition is a motion for
judgment nunc pro tunc allegedly filed September 2, 2011, in which relator alleges he did
not receive proper credit for time served while awaiting trial. Relator has not provided us
with a record that shows that after he filed his motion, relator asked the trial court for a
ruling on his motion and the trial court refused to rule.

       Relator has not established entitlement to the extraordinary relief of a writ of
mandamus. Accordingly, we deny relator’s petition for writ of mandamus.

                                                  PER CURIAM

Panel consists of Justices Frost, Seymore, and Jamison.
Do Not Publish — TEX. R. APP. P. 47.2(b).

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