In The
Court of Appeals
Ninth District of Texas at Beaumont
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NO. 09-21-00017-CR
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IN RE JOHN ROBERT MANNING
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Original Proceeding
435th District Court of Montgomery County, Texas
Trial Cause No. 13-09-09713-CR (count 1 and count 2)
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MEMORANDUM OPINION
In a petition for a writ of mandamus John Robert Manning asks this Court to
compel the trial court to rule on a motion for findings of fact and conclusions of law.
Manning refers to the case by the appeal numbers this Court assigned to his appeal
from trial court cause number 13-09-09713-CR (count 1 and count 2). See generally
Manning v. State, Nos. 09-13-00533-CR and 09-13-00534-CR, 2015 WL 8473347,
at *1 (Tex. App.—Beaumont Dec. 9, 2015, pet. ref’d) (mem. op., not designated for
publication). Our mandate issued on June 16, 2016.
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“When a conviction has been affirmed on appeal and the mandate has issued,
general jurisdiction is not restored in the trial court.” State v. Patrick, 86 S.W.3d
592, 594 (Tex. Crim. App. 2002). The trial court may correct a judgment nunc pro
tunc if the corrective action is ministerial. See Ex parte Ybarra, 149 S.W.3d 147,
148 (Tex. Crim. App. 2004). But a trial court “does not have a duty to rule on free-
floating motions unrelated to currently pending actions. In fact, it has no jurisdiction
to rule on a motion when it has no plenary jurisdiction coming from an associated
case.” In re Cash, No. 06-04-00045-CV, 2004 WL 769473, at *1 (Tex. App.—
Texarkana Apr. 13, 2004, orig. proceeding) (mem. op.).
To obtain mandamus relief in a criminal case, the relator must show that he
has a clear and indisputable right to the relief sought. State ex rel. Rosenthal v. Poe,
98 S.W.3d 194, 198 (Tex. Crim. App. 2003). Relator has not shown that he is entitled
to mandamus relief. Accordingly, we deny the petition for a writ of mandamus. See
Tex. R. App. P. 52.8(a).
PETITION DENIED.
PER CURIAM
Submitted on February 9, 2021
Opinion Delivered February 10, 2021
Do Not Publish
Before Golemon, C.J., Kreger and Johnson, JJ.
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