COURT OF APPEALS EIGHTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS EL PASO, TEXAS

IN RE GERARDO OGAZ, § No. 08-23-00344-CR Relator. § AN ORIGINAL PROCEEDING § IN MANDAMUS § § JUDGMENT The Court has considered this cause on the Relator’s petition for writ of mandamus against the Honorable Maria Salas-Mendoza, Judge of the 120th District Court of El Paso, Texas and concludes that Relator’s petition for writ of mandamus should be denied. We therefore deny the petition for writ of mandamus, in accordance with the opinion of this Court.

IT IS SO ORDERED THIS 7TH DAY OF DECEMBER, 2023.

GINA M. PALAFOX, Justice

Before Palafox, J., Soto, J., and Marion, C.J. (Ret.)

Marion, C.J. (Ret.) (Sitting by Assignment)