                                      In The

                               Court of Appeals
                    Ninth District of Texas at Beaumont
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                              NO. 09-16-00444-CR
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                       IN RE JAMES ALLEN STOKES

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                            Original Proceeding
            County Court at Law No. 3 of Jefferson County, Texas
                          Trial Cause No. 243377
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                          MEMORANDUM OPINION

      Relator James Allen Stokes filed a petition for writ of mandamus, in which

he asked this Court to compel the trial judge to rule on his speedy trial motion. We

requested a response from the State, and the State filed a response containing the

trial court’s order, dated November 28, 2016, which dismissed the case in which

Stokes’s speedy trial motion was filed.

      Because the trial court has dismissed the case in which Stokes filed his

speedy trial motion, this original proceeding is moot. Accordingly, we dismiss the

petition for writ of mandamus as moot.

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            PETITION DISMISSED.

                                                  PER CURIAM


Submitted on November 30, 2016
Opinion Delivered December 14, 2016
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Before McKeithen, C.J., Kreger and Johnson, JJ.




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