in Re Samuel Adkins ( 2019 )

TEXAS COURT OF APPEALS, THIRD DISTRICT, AT AUSTIN
NO. 03-19-00004-CV
In re Samuel Adkins
ORIGINAL PROCEEDING FROM TRAVIS COUNTY
M E M O R AN D U M O P I N I O N
Relator Samuel Adkins filed a pro se petition for writ of mandamus asking this Court
to compel the district court to act on his motion for forensic DNA testing and his motion for
appointment of counsel. See Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 64.01(a-1), (c). After Adkins filed his
petition, the district court ruled on both of his motions. Accordingly, we dismiss Adkins’s petition
for writ of mandamus as moot. See In re Luna, 317 S.W.3d 484, 484 (Tex. App.—Amarillo 2010,
orig. proceeding); see also Tex. R. App. P. 52.8(a).1
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Gisela D. Triana, Justice
Before Justices Goodwin, Baker, and Triana
Dismissed as Moot
Filed: January 29, 2019
1
The Texas Code of Criminal Procedure provides for appeals involving chapter 64 forensic
DNA testing as in any other criminal matter. Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 64.05; see Tex. R. App. P.
26.2, 26.3.