Court Opinion

ID: 5127448
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2021-11-19 08:15:45.271495+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T08:23:00.101377
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In The

                                Court of Appeals

                    Ninth District of Texas at Beaumont

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                               NO. 09-21-00330-CR
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                             IN RE SHAWN EVANS

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                           Original Proceeding
            9th District Court of Montgomery County, Texas
                    Trial Cause No. 17-06-07753-CR
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                          MEMORANDUM OPINION

      In a petition for a writ of mandamus, Shawn Evans argues he is entitled to

credit on his sentence for 426 days spent on house arrest prior to sentencing. In

response, the State argues that resolving the time-credit claim requires statutory

construction that is unavailable through the ministerial function of a judgment nunc

pro tunc.

      “A motion for judgment nunc pro tunc or a writ of mandamus to the appellate

court if such a motion is denied will provide a remedy only if the right to pre-trial

jail-time credit is absolutely indisputable under the terms of Article 42.03, Section

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2(a)(1).” In re Brown, 343 S.W.3d 803, 804 (Tex. Crim. App. 2011). Evans has not

shown that he is indisputably entitled to mandamus relief. Accordingly, we deny the

petition for a writ of mandamus.

      PETITION DENIED.

                                                         PER CURIAM

Submitted on November 4, 2021
Opinion Delivered November 17, 2021
Do Not Publish

Before Kreger, Horton and Johnson, JJ.

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