Opinion
No. 05-19-00039-CV
01-16-2019
IN RE SUGAR RAY FRANKLIN, Relator
Original Proceeding from the 283rd Judicial District Court Dallas County, Texas
Trial Court Cause No. F1155114
MEMORANDUM OPINION
Before Justices Brown, Schenck, and Reichek
Opinion by Justice Reichek
Relator was convicted of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon in 2012, and the trial court assessed punishment at five years' confinement. This Court affirmed the conviction on direct appeal on September 25, 2013. See Franklin v. State, 402 S.W.3d 894, 895 (Tex. App.—Dallas 2013, no pet.). In this original proceeding, relator asks this Court to compel the trial court to vacate the 2012 judgment and expunge it from relator's record.
This proceeding is a collateral attack on a final conviction and, therefore, falls within the scope of a post-conviction writ of habeas corpus under article 11.07 of the Texas Code of Criminal Procedure. See TEX. CODE CRIM. PROC. ANN. art. 11.07. Only the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals has jurisdiction in final, post-conviction felony proceedings. Id; Ater v. Eighth Court of Appeals, 802 S.W.2d 241, 243 (Tex. Crim. App. 1991) (orig. proceeding); In re McAfee, 53 S.W.3d 715, 717 (Tex. App.—Houston [1st Dist.] 2001, orig. proceeding).
Accordingly, we dismiss this proceeding for want of jurisdiction.
/Amanda L. Reichek/
AMANDA L. REICHEK
JUSTICE 190039F.P05