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- Title: William Franklin Wilson v. Judge L. L. Bowman
- Author : The Supreme Court of Texas No. A-10233
- Release Date : January 29, 1964
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 63 KB
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This is an original proceeding in which William Franklin Wilson, relator, seeks a writ of mandamus directing Honorable L. L. Bowman, Jr., Judge of the 8th Judicial District Court of Hunt County, respondent, to grant him a speedy trial. On April 7 of this year the Hunt County Grand Jury returned Indictments Nos. 9507, 9508 and 9509, charging relator with three offenses of rape alleged to have been committed about two weeks before. Relator was promptly arrested and has been confined in jail since his arrest. He is unable to make bond. The 8th Judicial District is composed of four counties. Under the provisions of Article 1919,1 all district courts in Texas now have continuous terms, but respondent apparently holds sessions of his court in accordance with the old statutory schedule of terms established by Article 199(8). In any event he was engaged in the trial of cases in Hunt County from March 2 until April 25 of this year. The cases against relator were set for April 20, but the trial of other cases that had been set earlier prevented their being reached. Early in May and while respondent was holding court in Rains County, relator filed in the 8th Judicial District Court of Hunt County a motion for a speedy trial. No action has been taken by the court on that motion. On May 14 counsel for relator wrote respondent requesting an early trial. Respondent replied that ""my next term of court will be in October and cannot set this case until that time."" Relator then sought relief from us, and we granted leave to file his petition for a writ of mandamus, which involves only the three indictments mentioned above.