Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, 2004

Misty Dawn Rogers v. State

Misty Dawn Rogers v. State
Court of Civil Appeals of Texas · Decided September 28, 2004

Misty Dawn Rogers v. State

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In The

Court of Appeals

Sixth Appellate District of Texas at Texarkana


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No. 06-04-00134-CR

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MISTY DAWN ROGERS, Appellant

 

V.

 

THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee



                                              


On Appeal from the 124th Judicial District Court

Gregg County, Texas

Trial Court No. 31,679-B



                                                 




Before Morriss, C.J., Ross and Carter, JJ.

Memorandum Opinion by Justice Ross



MEMORANDUM OPINION


          Appellant, Misty Dawn Rogers, has filed a motion asking this Court to dismiss her appeal. Pursuant to Tex. R. App. P. 42.2, her motion is granted.

          Accordingly, we dismiss her appeal.

 

                                                                           Donald R. Ross

                                                                           Justice


Date Submitted:      September 27, 2004

Date Decided:         September 28, 2004


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In The

  Court of Appeals

                        Sixth Appellate District of Texas at Texarkana

 

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                                                             No. 06-10-00019-CR

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                                                                        IN RE:

JODY BELCHER

 

 

                                                                                                  

 

                                                                                                                            

                                                     Original Mandamus Proceeding

 

                                                                                                  

 

 

 

 

                                          Before Morriss, C.J., Carter and Moseley, JJ.

                                        Memorandum Opinion by Chief Justice Morriss

                                                                             

                                                                             


                                                      MEMORANDUM OPINION

 

            Jody Belcher was sentenced for a conviction in Harrison County.  He filed a motion for judgment nunc pro tunc requesting the trial court “to set the record straight as to the flat time served and credited.”  Claiming he was denied fifty-six days of time served, he asked the trial court to “forward a corrected copy of his time credits to the . . . Institutional Division in Huntsville, Texas.”  Belcher’s pro se petition for writ of mandamus asks this Court to correct the judgment “to reflect the appropriate time credit.” 

            Unfortunately, Belcher’s petition fails to include a record, including any judgment of conviction and the name of the trial judge.  Further, there is no indication that a ruling has been made on the motion for judgment nunc pro tunc. 

            Mandamus is an extraordinary remedy that issues only to correct a clear abuse of discretion or violation of a duty imposed by law when no other adequate remedy by law is available.  State v. Walker, 679 S.W.2d 484, 485 (Tex. 1984).  Due to the nature of this remedy, it is Belcher’s burden to properly request and show entitlement to the mandamus relief.  See generally Walker v. Packer, 827 S.W.2d 833, 837 (Tex. 1992) (orig. proceeding); Barnes v. State, 832 S.W.2d 424, 426 (Tex. App.—Houston [1st Dist.] 1992, orig. proceeding) ("Even a pro se applicant for a writ of mandamus must show himself entitled to the extraordinary relief he seeks.").

 

 

 

            The absence of a mandamus record prevents us from evaluating the circumstances of this case and, consequently, the merits of Belcher’s complaints.  Tex. R. App. P. 52.7; Barnes, 832 S.W.2d at 426.  Therefore, we must deny his petition for writ of mandamus. 

                                                                       

 

 

 

                                                                                    Josh R. Morriss, III

                                                                                    Chief Justice

 

Date Submitted:          February 16, 2010

Date Decided:             February 17, 2010

 

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