In Re Sterling T. Riles v. the State of Texas

Opinion issued January 29, 2026

In The

Court of Appeals
For The

First District of Texas
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NO. 01-26-00094-CR
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IN RE STERLING T. RILES, Relator

Original Proceeding on Petition for Writ of Mandamus

MEMORANDUM OPINION

Sterling T. Riles, acting pro se, filed a petition for writ of mandamus

requesting that our Court: (1) dismiss the underlying criminal proceeding with

prejudice, (2) impose sanctions against the State, and (3) order “expungement of all

related proceedings and records.”1 Riles subsequently filed a “supplement” to his

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The underlying case is The State of Texas v. Sterling Turray Riles, cause number
2592353, pending in the County Criminal Court at Law No. 7 of Harris County,
Texas, the Honorable Andrew A. Wright presiding.
petition including, among other things, additional requests that our Court “[m]andate

that the State and trial court produce to [Riles], without exception and regardless of

disposition, all physical and electronic discovery under Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art.

39.14” and stay all trial court proceedings. We deny the petition and all other

pending requests for relief.

PER CURIAM
Panel consists of Chief Justice Adams and Justices Gunn and Johnson.

Do not publish. TEX. R. APP. P. 47.2(b).

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