In Re Santiago Stable v. the State of Texas
CourtTexas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)
Date FiledJuly 7, 2026
Docket01-26-00665-CR
StatusPublished
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Full Opinion
Opinion issued July 7, 2026
In The
Court of Appeals
For The
First District of Texas
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NO. 01-26-00665-CR
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IN RE SANTIAGO STABLE, Relator
Original Proceeding on Petition for Writ of Mandamus
MEMORANDUM OPINION
Relator, Santiago Stable, incarcerated and proceeding pro se, filed a petition
for a writ of mandamus alleging that the trial court had failed to rule on his “petition
for nunc pro tunc” filed in the trial court on October 30, 2025 as well as an “order
on nunc pro tunc” filed on December 8, 2025.1 However, relator’s mandamus
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The underlying case is The State of Texas v. Santiago Stable, Cause Number
1118645, pending in the 180th District Court of Harris County, Texas, the Honorable
Tami Pierce presiding.
petition fails to provide a record of the pro se motions for which he alleges the trial
court had failed to rule.2 Nor does relator’s mandamus petition establish that such
motions were filed and brought to the attention of the trial court. See In re Gomez,
602 S.W.3d 71, 73 (Tex. App.—Houston [14th Dist.] 2020, orig. proceeding).
Despite that, relator’s petition requests that this Court grant his request for
mandamus relief and direct the trial court to rule on the motion nunc pro tunc.
Our review of relator’s mandamus petition reflects that he has failed to
establish that he is entitled to mandamus relief. See TEX. R. APP. P. 52.3(l),
52.7(a)(1); see also In re Gomez, 602 S.W.3d at 73. Accordingly, we deny relator’s
petition for writ of mandamus. See TEX. R. APP. P. 52.8(a). We dismiss any pending
motions as moot.
PER CURIAM
Panel consists of Justices Guerra, Gunn, and Morgan.
Do not publish. TEX. R. APP. P. 47.2(b).
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The only record provided with relator’s petition for writ of mandamus was a copy
of a post card from the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals notifying relator that on
February 3, 2026, his “motion for leave to file the original application for writ of
mandamus and original application for writ of mandamus [were] received and
presented to” the Court. While relator’s petition for writ of mandamus does not
specifically request that this Court grant mandamus relief against the Court of
Criminal Appeals, we note that, to the extent relator seeks such relief from this
Court, we lack writ power over the Court of Criminal Appeals. See TEX. GOV’T
CODE ANN. § 22.221(b).
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