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COURT OF APPEALS SECOND DISTRICT OF TEXAS FORT WORTH NOS. 02-13-00320-CV 02-13-00321-CV

IN RE FI'NESS EDWARD STOKES

------------ FROM CRIMINAL DISTRICT COURT NO. 2 OF TARRANT COUNTY ------------ ORDER ------------ The court has considered relator’s petition for writ of mandamus [and motion for temporary relief] and is of the tentative opinion that a serious question concerning the relief requires further consideration. See Tex. R. App. P. 52.8(b).

Accordingly, it is ordered that: 1. The State shall file a response with the court by 5:00 p.m. on Monday, September 30, 2013.

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2. Any reply shall be filed by 5:00 p.m. on Monday, October 7, 2013. However, the court may consider and decide the case before a reply is filed. Tex. R. App. P. 52.5.

The clerk of this court is directed to transmit a copy of this order to the relator, the State, the trial court judge, and the trial court clerk.

DATED September 19, 2013.

PER CURIAM PANEL: DAUPHINOT, MCCOY, and GABRIEL, JJ.