In re DB Appeal from 313th District Court of Harris County (memorandum opinion per curiam)

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Opinion issued August 13, 2015 In The Court of Appeals For The First District of Texas ———————————— NO. 01-15-00632-CV NO. 01-15-00633-CV ——————————— IN RE D.B., Relator Original Proceeding on Petition for Writ of Mandamus 1 MEMORANDUM OPINION Relator, De’Jean Bivens, has filed a petition for writ of mandamus, challenging the trial court’s order granting certification to try relator as an adult. We deny the petition for writ of mandamus. See TEX. CODE CRIM. PROC. ANN. art. 44.47(b) (West 2006). 2 All pending motions are denied. 1 The respondent is the Honorable Glenn Devlin of the 313th District Court of Harris County. The underlying suit is In the Matter of De’Jean Bivens, Nos. 2014-06438J & 2014-06439J (313th Dist. Ct., Harris County, Tex). PER CURIAM Panel consists of Justices Jennings, Massengale, and Brown. 2 The Legislature repealed section 44.47, effective September 1, 2015, but stated that “[a]n order waiving jurisdiction and transferring a child to criminal court that is issued before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the date the order was issued.” See Act of May 13, 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., S.B. 888, § 5 (to be codified as an amendment to TEX. FAM. CODE ANN. § 56.01). Because the trial court’s order issued before September 1, 2015, article 44.47 applies. 2

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