Opinion
NO. 14-20-00497-CR
07-23-2020
EX PARTE DOUGLAS WAYNE REED, Relator
ORIGINAL PROCEEDING WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS
10th District Court Galveston County, Texas
Trial Court Cause No. 19CR1668
MEMORANDUM OPINION
On July14, 2020, relator Douglas Wayne Reed filed a petition for writ of habeas corpus in this court. See Tex. Gov't Code Ann. § 22.221; see also Tex. R. App. P. 52. In the petition, relator asks this court to reduce the appeal bond to less than $5000.00.
While courts of appeals have mandamus jurisdiction in criminal matters, only the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals has jurisdiction to grant relief in a post- conviction habeas proceeding. Padieu v. Court of Appeals of Tex., Fifth Dist., 392 S.W.3d 115, 117 (Tex. Crim. App. 2013); Ater v. Eighth Court of Appeals, 802 S.W.2d 241, 243 (Tex. Crim. App. 1991). This court has no jurisdiction over relator's request for relief.
Moreover, under Article 44.04(g) of the Texas Code of Criminal Procedure, a defendant may appeal a trial court's bond order pending appeal to the court of appeals. Tex. Code Crim. Proc. Art. 44.04(g). Therefore, also we lack jurisdiction in an original proceeding with respect to any complaint about the trial court's bond order.
Accordingly, we dismiss relator's petition for lack of jurisdiction.
PER CURIAM Panel consists of Chief Justice Frost and Justices Zimmerer and Poissant.
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