Dismiss and Opinion Filed October 6, 2015
S In The
Court of Appeals
Fifth District of Texas at Dallas
No. 05-15-01188-CV
No. 05-15-01189-CV
IN RE ANDREW LEE JACKSON, Relator
Original Proceeding from the Criminal District Court No. 5
Dallas County, Texas
Trial Court Cause No. F-9104916-IL, F-9202256-IL
MEMORANDUM OPINION
Before Justices Lang-Miers, Evans, and Whitehill
Opinion by Justice Whitehill
Relator filed this petition for writ of mandamus requesting that the Court order the trial
court to rule on his motion to appoint a forensic handwriting examiner. The Court has received a
clerk’s record that shows the trial court denied relator’s motion on September 21, 2015.
Accordingly, the petition for writ of mandamus is moot. See In re Kellogg Brown & Root, Inc.,
166 S.W.3d 732, 737 (Tex. 2005) (orig. proceeding) ( “A case becomes moot if a controversy
ceases to exist between the parties at any stage of the legal proceedings.”); State Bar of Tex. v.
Gomez, 891 S.W.2d 243, 245 (Tex. 1994) (orig. proceeding) (stating that for controversy to be
justiciable, there must be a real controversy between the parties that will be actually resolved by
the judicial relief sought); Dow Chem. Co. v. Garcia, 909 S.W.2d 503, 505 (Tex. 1995) (orig.
proceeding) (court will not issue mandamus if it would be useless or unavailing).
We dismiss the petition for want of jurisdiction.
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/Bill Whitehill/
BILL WHITEHILL
JUSTICE
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