in Re: Howard Holland

Order entered December 21, 2018

In The

Court of Appeals

Fifth District of Texas at Dallas

No. 05-18-01392-CV

No. 05-18-01393-CV

IN RE HOWARD HOLLAND, Relator

Original Proceeding from the 422nd Judicial District Court Kaufman County, Texas

Trial Court Cause Nos. 31608-422 and 31609-422 ORDER

Before Justices Bridges, Brown, and Boatright Based on the Court’s opinion of this date, we CONDITIONALLY GRANT relator’s petition for writ of mandamus. We ORDER the trial court to issue a written ruling on relator’s motion for forensic DNA testing within thirty (30) days of the date of this order. We further ORDER the trial court to file with this Court, within forty-five (45) days of the date of this order, a certified copy of its written ruling issued in compliance with this order and with the Court’s opinion of this date. Should the trial court fail to comply with this order, the writ will issue.

/s/ ADA BROWN JUSTICE