Opinion
10-24-00169-CR
06-20-2024
EX PARTE ISIAH SCOTT
Do not publish
From the 87th District Court Leon County, Texas Trial Court No. 22-0120CR
Before Gray, Chief Justice, Johnson, Justice and Smith Justice.MEMORANDUM OPINION
MATT JOHNSON, Justice.
Isiah Scott has filed a document that we have construed as an original application for a writ of habeas corpus. The courts of appeals, however, have no original habeas-corpus jurisdiction in criminal matters. Ex parte Braswell, 630 S.W.3d 600, 601 (Tex. App.-Waco 2021, orig. proceeding); Ex parte Martinez, 175 S.W.3d 510, 512-13 (Tex. App.-Texarkana 2005, orig. proceeding) ("Our law requires post-conviction applications for writs of habeas corpus, for felony cases in which the death penalty was not assessed, to be filed in the court of original conviction, made returnable to the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals.") (citing Tex. Code Crim. Proc. Ann. art. 11.07, § 3(a)-(b)). Accordingly, this proceeding is dismissed for want of jurisdiction.
Dismissed Opinion delivered and filed June 20, 2024.