Interesting Mandamus Case
Mark Bennett | August 2, 2012
Via Liberty and Justice for Y’all, In Re Escamilla (PDF), in which the Travis County Attorney (Escamilla, who is the elected official responsible for prosecuting misdemeanor cases in that county) filed a mandamus against a judge for allowing a defendant to plead open (that is, without an agreed recommendation) to the judge without the state’s […]




