IN RE: ALAN LYNN MCDONALD (2011)

MEMORANDUM OPINION

Opinion by Justice Moseley

Relator contends the trial court has a ministerial duty to set aside his conviction and enter a judgment of acquittal.   The facts and issues are well known to the parties, so we need not recount them herein.   Relator's arguments should have been raised by appeal or a petition for writ of habeas corpus.   The trial court no longer has any authority to set aside relator's conviction or to enter a judgment of acquittal.   See Brunelle v. State, 113 S.W.3d 788, 790 (Tex.App.-Tyler 2003, no pet.)  (“It is well settled that only the court of criminal appeals has the authority to set aside a criminal conviction after the plenary power of the trial court has expired.”).   Accordingly, we DENY relator's petition for writ of mandamus.

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