. ——————————— IN RE: Van Watson (2011)

Court of Appeals of Texas, Houston (1st Dist.).

. ——————————— IN RE: Van Watson, Jr., Relator

NO. 01–11–00419–CR

Decided: June 23, 2011

Panel consists of Justices Keyes, Higley, and Brown.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

Relator, Van Watson, Jr., has filed a pro se petition for writ of mandamus, requesting that we compel the trial court to issue a bench warrant for relator's presence at a hearing announcing the results of post-conviction DNA testing in the underlying case.¹ Relator also requests that we issue a writ directing his attorney to inform relator of the results of the DNA testing.

We deny relator's petition for writ of mandamus.

FOOTNOTES

FN1. Relator has identified the underlying case as State v. Watson, No. 699312, in the 180th District Court of Harris County, Texas, the Honorable Marc Brown presiding.. FN1. Relator has identified the underlying case as State v. Watson, No. 699312, in the 180th District Court of Harris County, Texas, the Honorable Marc Brown presiding.

PER CURIAM

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