Opinion
NO. 14-19-00879-CR
11-14-2019
IN RE RUBEN AROLDO CORADO, Relator
ORIGINAL PROCEEDING WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS
339th District Court Harris County, Texas
Trial Court Cause No. 1642719
MEMORANDUM OPINION
On November 4, 2019, relator Ruben Aroldo Corado filed a petition for writ of habeas corpus in this court. See Tex. Gov't Code Ann. § 22.221; see also Tex. R. App. P. 52. In the petition, relator asks this court to dismiss the indictment against him.
A court of appeals does not have original jurisdiction over habeas corpus proceedings in criminal matters. Chavez v. State, 132 S.W.3d 509, 510 (Tex. App.— Houston [1st Dist.] 2004, no pet.) (citing Tex. Gov't Code Ann. § 22.221); see also Ex parte Hearon, 3 S.W.3d 650, 650 (Tex. App.—Waco 1999, orig. proceeding) (holding that court of appeals did not have jurisdiction to grant habeas relief in pending criminal matter). The Texas Code of Criminal Procedure vests power over original habeas corpus proceedings in criminal cases in the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, the district courts, the county courts, or a judge of those courts. Tex. Code Crim. Proc. Ann. art. 11.05. Therefore, we have no jurisdiction to consider relator's request for relief.
Accordingly, we order relator's petition dismissed for lack of jurisdiction.
PER CURIAM Panel consists of Justices Wise, Jewell, and Poissant.
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