In Re Charles L. Grable v. the State of Texas

Opinion issued October 14, 2025

In The

Court of Appeals
For The

First District of Texas
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NO. 01-25-00801-CR
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IN RE CHARLES L. GRABLE, Relator

Original Proceeding on Petition for Writ of Mandamus

MEMORANDUM OPINION

Relator Charles L. Grable seeks mandamus relief against Terese Buess, a

Harris County District Attorney.1 We dismiss the petition.

By statute, this Court has the authority to issue writs of mandamus against “a

judge of a district, statutory county, statutory probate county, or county court in the

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The underlying case is The State of Texas v. Charles L. Grable, cause number
764539, pending in the 232nd District Court of Harris County, Texas, the Honorable
Josh Hill presiding.
court of appeals district” and to issue writs of mandamus to enforce our jurisdiction.

TEX. GOV’T CODE § 22.221(a), (b). We have no power to issue writs of mandamus

against district attorneys and relator does not argue that mandamus is necessary to

enforce our jurisdiction. Thus, we have no jurisdiction to grant relator the relief he

seeks.

We dismiss the petition for lack of jurisdiction.

PER CURIAM
Panel consists of Justices Guerra, Guiney, and Johnson.

Do not publish.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

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