STATE EX REL. GREG ABBOTT v. THE HONORABLE JOE HART, Judge, 250th District Court (original)
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IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS
OF TEXAS
NO. AP-76,597
STATE EX REL. GREG ABBOTT, Relator
v.
THE HONORABLE JOE HART, Judge, 250th District Court
ON MOTION FOR LEAVE TO FILE A WRIT OF PROHIBITION
IN RELATION TO DALLAS COUNTY CASE OF EX PARTE MARK STROMAN
TRAVIS COUNTY
Per Curiam.
O P I N I O N
We have before us a motion for leave to file an application for writ of prohibition filed by the Honorable Greg Abbott, Attorney General of the State of Texas to order the Honorable Joe Hart, Judge of the 250th District Court of Travis County to refrain from issuing any order purporting to stay the July 20, 2011, execution of Dallas County death row inmate Mark Anthony Stroman.
In April 2002, a jury found Stroman guilty of the offense of capital murder. The jury answered the special issues submitted pursuant to Texas Code of Criminal Procedure Article 37.071, and the trial court, accordingly, set Stroman's punishment at death. This Court affirmed Stroman's conviction and sentence on direct appeal. Stroman v. State, No. AP-74,354 (Tex. Crim. App. Nov. 19, 2003)(not designated for publication). Stroman filed his initial post-conviction application for writ of habeas corpus in the trial court on November 13, 2003. This Court denied relief. Ex parte Stroman, No. WR-62,298-01 (Tex. Crim. App. July 27, 2005)(not designated for publication). He filed a subsequent application in the trial court on July 12, 2011. This Court dismissed the application on July 14, 2011. Ex parte Stroman, No. WR-62,298-02 (Tex. Crim. App. July 14, 2011)(not designated for publication).
A victim in an extraneous offense which Stroman committed has now filed a civil suit in Travis County District Court seeking what he contends is his right to victim-offender mediation. Because Stroman's execution would effectively moot his ability to obtain mediation, the victim seeks injunctive relief.
Leave to file the application is granted and the respondent, the Honorable Joe Hart, is ordered to refrain from issuing any order purporting to stay the July 20, 2011, execution of Dallas County death row inmate Mark Anthony Stroman.
IT IS SO ORDERED THIS THE 20th DAY OF JULY, 2011.
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