Opinion
No. 10-03-363-CR
Opinion delivered and filed December 12, 2003. DO NOT PUBLISH.
Appeal From the 54th District Court McLennan County, Texas, Trial Court # 2002-071-C. Appeal dismissed for want of jurisdiction.
Before Chief Justice GRAY, Justice VANCE, and Judge STROTHER (Sitting by Assignment).
Ralph T. Strother, Judge of the 19th District Court of McLennan County, sitting by assignment of the Chief Justice of the Texas Supreme Court pursuant to section 74.003(h) of the Government Code. See TEX. GOV'T CODE ANN. § 74.003(h) (Vernon Supp. 2004).
MEMORANDUM OPINION
A jury convicted Billy Joe Williams of burglary of a habitation and assessed his punishment at 70 years' imprisonment after finding him to be an habitual offender. Although Williams's appeal of this conviction is pending in this Court, he has filed an application for writ of habeas corpus with this Court under article 11.07 of the Code of Criminal Procedure. See TEX. CODE CRIM. PROC. ANN. art. 11.07 (Vernon Supp. 2003). However, "[t]his Court does not have original habeas jurisdiction in criminal law matters." Ex parte Hearon, 3 S.W.3d 650, 650 (Tex. App.-Waco 1999, no pet.). Accordingly, we dismiss Williams's habeas application for want of jurisdiction.