In re Dekard; In re Kennedy; In re Parker (all Unpublished Memos): Three very similar cases disposed of on the same grounds. Criminal defendants want the trial court to set bail, read them their rights, and issue notices of the charges against them. They bring mandamus actions in the Tyler court. The Tyler court denies all of them. The defendants could have, and should have, raised these complaints via habeas corpus petitions in the trial court.
