Opinion
14-21-00721-CR 14-21-00722-CR14-21-00723-CR
01-27-2022
IN RE KEENEN JOSEPH, Relator
Do Not Publish - Tex.R.App.P. 47.2(b).
ORIGINAL PROCEEDING WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS 209th District Court Harris County, Texas Trial Court Cause Nos. 1672991, 1729933 & 1731742
Panel consists of Justices Jewell, Bourliot, and Poissant.
MEMORANDUM OPINION
PER CURIAM.
On December 13, 2021, relator Keenen Joseph filed a petition for writ of habeas corpus in this court. See Tex. Gov't Code Ann. § 22.221; see also Tex. R. 1 App. P. 52. In the petition, relator asks this court to order the Harris County District Attorney to show cause why relator should not be released on reasonable bond.
Original jurisdiction to grant a writ of habeas corpus in a criminal case is vested in the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, the district courts, the county courts, or a judge in those courts. Tex. Code Crim. Proc. Ann. art. 11.05; Ex Parte Hawkins, 885 S.W.2d 586, 588 (Tex. App.-El Paso 1994, orig. proceeding). A court of appeals does not have original habeas corpus jurisdiction to consider a challenge to the denial of bail. Ortiz v. State, 299 S.W.3d 930, 932 (Tex. App.-Amarillo 2009, orig. proceeding).
Accordingly, we dismiss relator's petition for writ of habeas corpus for lack of jurisdiction. 2