NUMBER 13-08-00479-CR
COURT OF APPEALS
THIRTEENTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS
CORPUS CHRISTI - EDINBURG
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IN RE GILBERTO RODRIGUEZ
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On Petition for Writ of Mandamus
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MEMORANDUM OPINION
Before Justices Rodriguez, Garza, and Vela
Memorandum Opinion Per Curiam1
On August 11, 2008, relator, Gilberto Rodriguez, pro se, filed a petition for writ of
mandamus seeking to compel the trial court to give relator credit on his sentence for the
time that relator served from the time of his arrest and confinement until he was sentenced.
The trial court has the authority to correct the omission of presentence jail credit through
judgment nunc pro tunc. See Ex parte Ybarra, 149 S.W.3d 147, 148 (Tex. Crim. App.
2004). Mandamus is available to compel the trial court to respond to a nunc pro tunc
motion for presentence jail credit. Id. at 149. In this case, however, the petition generally
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See T EX . R. A PP . P. 52.8(d) (“W hen denying relief, the court m ay hand down an opinion but is not
required to do so.”); T EX . R. A PP . P. 47.4 (distinguishing opinions and m em orandum opinions).
fails to comply with Texas Rule of Appellate Procedure 52.3. Further, the relator has not
shown that he is entitled to the relief sought or that his motion for a nunc pro tunc judgment
awaited disposition for an unreasonable length of time under the circumstances. See Ex
parte Bates, 65 S.W.3d 133, 134-35 (Tex. App.–Amarillo 2001, orig. proceeding).
Moreover, relator failed to demonstrate that the act sought to be compelled is purely
ministerial and the relator has a clear and indisputable right to relief. See State ex rel. Hill
v. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Dist., 34 S.W.3d 924, 927-28 (Tex. Crim. App. 2001).
Accordingly, the petition for writ of mandamus is DENIED.
PER CURIAM
Do not publish.
TEX . R. APP. P. 47.2(b).
Memorandum Opinion delivered and filed
this 14th day of August, 2008.
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