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Ex parte Bell

Court of Appeals of Texas, Seventh District, Amarillo
Sep 30, 2021
No. 07-21-00206-CR (Tex. App. Sep. 30, 2021)

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Do not publish.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.


Summaries of

Ex parte Bell

Court of Appeals of Texas, Seventh District, Amarillo
Sep 30, 2021
No. 07-21-00206-CR (Tex. App. Sep. 30, 2021)
Case details for

Ex parte Bell

Case Details

Full title:EX PARTE ALLEN LEE BELL

Court:Court of Appeals of Texas, Seventh District, Amarillo

Date published: Sep 30, 2021

Citations

No. 07-21-00206-CR (Tex. App. Sep. 30, 2021)