In Re Melton Eugene Kuhn Appeal from 9th District Court of Montgomery County (memorandum opinion per curiam)
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In The Court of Appeals Ninth District of Texas at Beaumont ____________________ NO. 09-18-00220-CR ____________________ IN RE MELTON EUGENE KUHN _______________________________________________________ ______________ Original Proceeding 9th District Court of Montgomery County, Texas Trial Cause No. 08-07-06923-CR ________________________________________________________ _____________ MEMORANDUM OPINION Relator Melton Eugene Kuhn filed a petition for writ of mandamus, in which he asked this Court to compel the trial judge to rule upon his post-conviction application for forensic DNA testing. The State’s response to Kuhn’s petition includes an appendix containing the trial court’s appealable order, dated July 12, 2018, denying Kuhn’s motion. See Tex. Code Crim. Proc. Ann. art. 64.05 (West 2018); see also In re Johnston, 79 S.W.3d 195, 197 (Tex. App.—Texarkana 2002, orig. proceeding) (stating that time to appeal commences when the trial court signs an order denying motion seeking DNA testing). We conclude that because the trial 1 court has now ruled upon Kuhn’s post-conviction application for DNA testing, this original proceeding is moot. Accordingly, we dismiss the petition for writ of mandamus as moot. PETITION DISMISSED. PER CURIAM Submitted on July 16, 2018 Opinion Delivered July 25, 2018 Do Not Publish Before McKeithen, C.J., Horton and Johnson, JJ. 2
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