Green v. State

Full title: LOWELL QUINCY GREEN, Appellant v. THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee and EX…

Court: STATE OF TEXAS IN THE TENTH COURT OF APPEALS

Date published: Oct 25, 2017

No. 10-17-00304-CR (Tex. App. Oct. 25, 2017)

Opinion

No. 10-17-00304-CR No. 10-17-00327-CR No. 10-17-00328-CR

10-25-2017

LOWELL QUINCY GREEN, Appellant v. THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee and EX PARTE LOWELL QUINCY GREEN, Appellant

AL SCOGGINS Justice

From the 54th District Court McLennan County, Texas
Trial Court No. 2012-790-C2 From the 54th District Court McLennan County, Texas
Trial Court No. 2012-709-C2 From the 54th District Court McLennan County, Texas
Trial Court No. 2012-791-C2

MEMORANDUM OPINION

In appellate cause numbers 10-17-00304-CR, 10-17-00327-CR, and 10-17-00328-CR, Lowell Quincy Green filed two "writ of error" proceedings and another proceeding seeking to quash the indictments and reverse his convictions in trial court cause numbers 2012-709-C2, 2012-790-C2, and 2012-791-C2. The Court of Criminal Appeals and this Court have recognized that "the exclusive post-conviction remedy in final felony convictions in Texas courts is through a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to [article] 11.07." Olivo v. State, 918 S.W.2d 519, 525 n.8 (Tex. Crim. App. 1996); see TEX. CODE CRIM. PROC. ANN. art. 11.07 (West 2015); Ex parte Mendenhall, 209 S.W.3d 260, 261 (Tex. App.—Waco 2006, no pet.); see also Ex parte Beard, No. 10-15-00252-CR, 2015 Tex. App. LEXIS 8522, at *2 (Tex. App.—Waco Aug. 13, 2015, orig. proceeding). Moreover, only the Court of Criminal Appeals has jurisdiction over post-conviction writs of habeas corpus in felony cases. See Bd. of Pardons & Paroles ex rel. Keene v. Court of Appeals for Eighth Dist., 910 S.W.2d 481, 483 (Tex. Crim. App. 1995); Ater v. Eighth Court of Appeals, 802 S.W.2d 241, 243 (Tex. Crim. App. 1991); see also Ex parte Beard, 2015 Tex. App. LEXIS 8522, at **1-2.

Because we have no jurisdiction over post-conviction habeas-corpus proceedings in felony cases, we dismiss Green's proceedings in appellate cause numbers 10-17-00304-CR, 10-17-00327-CR, and 10-17-00328-CR. See TEX. CODE CRIM. PROC. ANN. art. 11.07; Olivo, 918 S.W.2d at 525 n.8; Ex parte Mendenhall, 209 S.W.3d at 261; see also Ex parte Beard, 2015 Tex. App. LEXIS 8522, at **1-2.

AL SCOGGINS

Justice Before Chief Justice Gray, Justice Davis, and Justice Scoggins
Appeals dismissed
Opinion delivered and filed October 25, 2017
Do not publish
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