TX9: Mandamus doesn’t lie to avoid a search warrant before it’s executed

The target of a search warrant sought to avoid the search by a writ of mandamus, which is denied for lack of a right to a clear duty on the respondent’s part. In re Matula, 2020 Tex. App. LEXIS 9239 (Tex. App. – Beaumont Nov. 25, 2020).

This detective knew that defendant didn’t have a valid DL, so he could ask uniform officer to make a stop. State v. Craver, 2020-Ohio-5407, 2020 Ohio App. LEXIS 4259 (2d Dist. Nov. 25, 2020).*