Ex Parte Swarb

Full title: EX PARTE BARRY BRENT SWARB, Applicant

Court: Court of Appeals of Texas, First District, Houston

Date published: Apr 10, 2003

No. 01-03-00310-CV (Tex. App. Apr. 10, 2003)

Opinion

No. 01-03-00310-CV.

Opinion issued April 10, 2003.

Original Proceeding on Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus.

Panel consists of Justices HEDGES, JENNINGS, and ALCALA.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

PER CURIAM.

Applicant, Barry Brent Swarb, filed an application for writ of habeas corpus in this Court. He requests that we reduce his appeal bond. The courts of appeals have no original habeas corpus jurisdiction in criminal matters. Dodson v. State, 988 S.W.2d 833, 835 (Tex.App.-San Antonio 1999, no pet.); Ex parte Denby, 627 S.W.2d 435, 435 (Tex.App.-Houston [1st Dist.] 1981, orig. proceeding); Tex. Gov't Code Ann. § 22.221 (Vernon Supp. 2003). Therefore, we are without jurisdiction to grant habeas corpus relief.

Accordingly, we dismiss for want of jurisdiction.