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Date Created: 2015-09-10 04:45:23.10936+00
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IN THE
TENTH COURT OF APPEALS

 

No. 10-06-00088-CR
 
In re
Willis Jackson Perryman
 
 

Original Proceeding
 

MEMORANDUM  Opinion

 
          Relator has filed an Application[1]
for Writ of Mandamus seeking to compel the District Attorney or District Judge
of Newton County to comply with this Court’s mandate issued January 9, 2006
regarding the appointment of counsel in connection with a motion to conduct DNA
testing under the former provisions of the Texas Code of Criminal Procedure,
Chapter 64.  See Act of April 3, 2001, 77th Leg. R. S., ch. 2, § 2, 2001
 Tex. Gen. Laws 2, 2-3 (amended 2003) (current version at Tex. Code Crim. Proc. Ann. art 64.01
(Vernon Pamp. 2005)).  The application was not served on the respondent trial
court judge or the real party in interest.  Tex.
R. App. P. 9.5, 52.2.  Normally, under these circumstances we would
await proof of service before disposition of the application.
          However, because the application
sought is against the District Judge of Newton County, which is beyond the
territorial limits of this Court’s jurisdiction, and this mandamus proceeding
was not transferred to us pursuant to a Docket Equalization Order from the
Texas Supreme Court, we have no jurisdiction of this application.  See Kim
v. State, 181 S.W.3d 448, 449 (Tex. App.—Waco 2005, no pet.).  Accordingly,
we utilize Rule 2 to lift the requirement of service and dismiss the
application for lack of jurisdiction.  Tex.
R. App. P. 2.
 
                                                          TOM
GRAY
                                                          Chief
Justice
 
Before
Chief Justice Gray,
          Justice
Vance, and
          Justice
Reyna
Writ
dismissed
Opinion
delivered and filed April 19, 2006
Do
not publish
[OT06]

[1]
  An original proceeding seeking
extraordinary relief is commenced by filing a petition, not an application.  See
Tex. R. App. P. 52.1.  But we
will use the term relator uses.