Court Opinion

ID: 9907827
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-12-07 08:09:47.356349+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T10:05:53.833956
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COURT OF APPEALS
                                  EIGHTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS
                                       EL PASO, TEXAS

                                                    §                No. 08-23-00200-CR

 EX PARTE:                                          §                   Appeal from the

 GERMAN DE JESUS RODRIGUEZ-                         §                    County Court
 DELGADO,
                                                    §              of Kinney County, Texas
                                   Appellant.
                                                    §                   (TC# 11903CR)

                                          JUDGMENT

          The Court, considering this cause as a petition for a writ of mandamus, remands to the trial

court for it to consider German De Jesus Rodriguez-Delgado’s application for a pretrial writ of

habeas corpus on the merits in light of the Fourth Court of Appeals’ holding in Aparicio and its

progeny, and determine whether—at the time Rodriguez-Delgado was arrested and charged with

criminal trespass—the State was applying the criminal trespass statute under Operation Lone Star

in an unconstitutional manner by selectively prosecuting males only, without justification.

          We deny the petition for writ of mandamus without prejudice to Rodriguez-Delgado’s

ability to seek relief, if necessary, after the trial court has had an opportunity to reconsider its

ruling.

          IT IS SO ORDERED THIS 30TH DAY OF NOVEMBER 2023.

                                                LISA J. SOTO, Justice

Before Palafox, and Soto, JJ., and Marion, C.J. (Ret.)
Marion, C.J., (Ret.) sitting by assignment