In Re: Orvis Wayne Porter Appeal from 363rd Judicial District Court of Dallas County (memorandum opinion)

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Denied and Opinion entered August 24, 2017 In The Court of Appeals Fifth District of Texas at Dallas No. 05-17-00981-CV IN RE ORVIS WAYNE PORTER, Relator Original Proceeding from 363rd District Court Dallas County, Texas Trial Court Cause No. F92-31201-MW MEMORANDUM OPINION Before Justices Lang, Myers, and Boatright Opinion by Justice Myers Before the Court is relator’s August 21, 2017 petition for writ of mandamus. Relator has not shown that he is entitled to mandamus relief. See In re Wilkerson, 05-16-00043-CV, 2016 WL 308658, at *1–2 (Tex. App.—Dallas Jan. 26, 2016, orig. proceeding) (mem. op.) (denying petition asking court to direct trial court to rule on nunc pro tunc motion where trial court did not have jurisdiction to rule because nunc pro tunc motion sought substantive change to judgment of conviction). Accordingly, we deny relator’s petition for writ of mandamus. /Lana Myers/ LANA MYERS JUSTICE 170981F.P05

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