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Webb v. State

TENTH COURT OF APPEALS
Aug 30, 2012
No. 10-12-00230-CR (Tex. App. Aug. 30, 2012)

Opinion

No. 10-12-00230-CR

08-30-2012

WILLIAM CHARLES WEBB, Appellant v. THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee


From the 54th District Court

McLennan County, Texas

Trial Court No. 2012-675-C2


MEMORANDUM OPINION

Appellant filed what appeared to be a pro se interlocutory notice of appeal of the trial court's ruling on his motion for bond reduction. A week later he filed a similar notice of appeal in this case.

The Clerk of the Court notified Appellant that this case was subject to dismissal for want of jurisdiction and that the Court might dismiss his appeal unless he showed grounds for continuing it. Appellant did not respond to the Clerk's letter.

Appellant filed an application for writ of habeas corpus in this appeal. We dismiss it for lack of jurisdiction because courts of appeals do not have original habeas corpus jurisdiction in criminal law matters. See Ex parte Price, 228 S.W.3d 885, 886 (Tex. App.—Waco 2007, orig. proceeding); Ex parte Hearon, 3 S.W.3d 650 (Tex. App.—Waco 1999, orig. proceeding).

This Court lacks jurisdiction over a trial court's denial of a motion for bond reduction when the appeal is not from the trial court's denial of a pretrial application for writ of habeas corpus in which the appellant sought bond reduction. See Benford v. State, 994 S.W.2d 404, 409 (Tex. App.—Waco 1999, no pet.); see also Sanchez v. State, 340 S.W.3d 848, 849 (Tex. App.—San Antonio 2011, no pet.). Accordingly, this appeal is dismissed for want of jurisdiction.

We dismiss as moot Appellant's pending motion for speedy trial and motion to withdraw attorney of record.
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REX D. DAVIS

Justice
Before Chief Justice Gray,

Justice Davis, and

Justice Scoggins
Appeal dismissed
Opinion delivered and filed August 30, 2012
Do not publish
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Summaries of

Webb v. State

TENTH COURT OF APPEALS
Aug 30, 2012
No. 10-12-00230-CR (Tex. App. Aug. 30, 2012)
Case details for

Webb v. State

Case Details

Full title:WILLIAM CHARLES WEBB, Appellant v. THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee

Court:TENTH COURT OF APPEALS

Date published: Aug 30, 2012

Citations

No. 10-12-00230-CR (Tex. App. Aug. 30, 2012)