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Ex Parte Hearon

Court of Appeals of Texas, Waco
Sep 29, 1999
3 S.W.3d 650 (Tex. App. 1999)
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holding that court of appeals did not have jurisdiction to grant habeas relief in pending criminal matter

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Opinion

No. 10-99-259-CR.

September 29, 1999.

Writ of habeas corpus.

James Hearon, Tennessee Colony, pro se.

Before Chief Justice DAVIS, Justice VANCE, and Justice GRAY.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

PER CURIAM.

James Hearon filed a pro se application for writ of habeas corpus with this Court asserting that he is unlawfully restrained because of a 1996 misdemeanor charge which remains pending in the court below though he is currently serving a felony sentence in another case. Hearon that he filed an identical application with the trial court which has taken no action in the matter.

This Court does not have original habeas jurisdiction in criminal law matters. Dodson v. State, 988 S.W.2d 833, 835 (Tex.App.-San Antonio 1999, no pet.); Sanders v. State, 771 S.W.2d 645, 650 (Tex.App. — El Paso 1989, pet. ref'd). Accordingly, dismiss Hearon's habeas application want of jurisdiction.

Summaries of

Ex Parte Hearon

Court of Appeals of Texas, Waco
Sep 29, 1999
3 S.W.3d 650 (Tex. App. 1999)

holding that court of appeals did not have jurisdiction to grant habeas relief in pending criminal matter

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Ex Parte Hearon

Case Details

Full title:Ex parte James HEARON

Court:Court of Appeals of Texas, Waco

Date published: Sep 29, 1999

Citations

3 S.W.3d 650 (Tex. App. 1999)

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