Opinion
07-21-00206-CR
09-30-2021
EX PARTE ALLEN LEE BELL
Do not publish.
ORIGINAL PROCEEDING ON APPLICATION FOR WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS
Before PIRTLE and PARKER and DOSS, JJ.
MEMORANDUM OPINION
PER CURIAM.
Appearing pro se, Allen Lee Bell, filed an "application seeking relief from a final felony conviction and false imprisonment." We have construed the document as an application for writ of habeas corpus in a criminal case.
We previously affirmed Bell's conviction for sexual assault in Bell v. State, No. 07-08-00329-CR, 2009 Tex.App. LEXIS 711, at *2 (Tex. App. - Amarillo Feb. 3, 2009, no pet.) (mem. op., not designated for publication).
This Court has no original habeas corpus jurisdiction in criminal law matters. See Tex. Gov't Code Ann. § 22.221(d) (limiting original habeas jurisdiction of intermediate appellate courts to civil matters); Ex parte Hawkins, 885 S.W.2d 586, 588 (Tex. App.-El Paso 1994, orig. proceeding) (per curiam). That jurisdiction instead rests with the Court of Criminal Appeals, the district courts, and the county courts. Tex. Code Crim. Proc. Ann. art. 11.05; Ex parte Hawkins, 885 S.W.2d at 588. Only the Court of Criminal Appeals has authority to grant post-conviction habeas relief in final felony cases. See Tex. Code Crim. Proc. Ann. art. 11.07; Ex parte Alexander, 685 S.W.2d 57, 60 (Tex. Crim. App. 1985).
For these reasons, we dismiss Bell's application for writ of habeas corpus for want of jurisdiction.