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In re Allen

Court of Appeals Fifth District of Texas at Dallas
Apr 17, 2014
No. 05-14-00389-CV (Tex. App. Apr. 17, 2014)

Opinion

No. 05-14-00389-CV

04-17-2014

IN RE CHARLES ANTHONY ALLEN, Relator


Dismiss and Opinion Filed April 17, 2014

Original Proceeding from the 292nd Judicial District Court

Dallas County, Texas

Trial Court Cause No. CV99-01573-V


MEMORANDUM OPINION


Before Justices FitzGerald, Francis, and Lewis

Opinion by Justice FitzGerald

Relator filed a petition for writ of habeas corpus. The facts and issues are well known to the parties, so we need not recount them herein. This Court does not have jurisdiction over relator's petition for writ of habeas corpus. While the courts of appeals have concurrent mandamus jurisdiction with the court of criminal appeals in some post-conviction proceedings, Padilla v. McDaniel, 122 S.W.3d 805, 808 (Tex. Crim. App. 2003) (forensic DNA testing), only the court of criminal appeals has jurisdiction in cases collaterally attacking a final judgment of conviction of a felony. See TEX. CODE CRIM. PROC. ANN. art. 11.07 (West Supp. 2010); In re Turk, No. 14-09-00129-CR, 2009 WL 396197, at *1 (Tex. App.—Houston [14th Dist.] Feb. 19, 2009, no pet.) (mem. op.); In re Bailey, No. 14-06-00841-CV, 2006 WL 2827249, at *1 (Tex. App.—Houston [14th Dist.] 2006, orig. proceeding) (mem. op.); In re McAfee, 53 S.W.3d 715, 717 (Tex. App.—Houston [1st Dist.] 2001, orig. proceeding). "Article 11.07 contains no role for the courts of appeals; the only courts referred to are the convicting court and the Court of Criminal Appeals." In re McAfee, 53 S.W.3d at 718. Accordingly, we DISMISS the petition. 140389F.P05

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KERRY P. FITZGERALD

JUSTICE


Summaries of

In re Allen

Court of Appeals Fifth District of Texas at Dallas
Apr 17, 2014
No. 05-14-00389-CV (Tex. App. Apr. 17, 2014)
Case details for

In re Allen

Case Details

Full title:IN RE CHARLES ANTHONY ALLEN, Relator

Court:Court of Appeals Fifth District of Texas at Dallas

Date published: Apr 17, 2014

Citations

No. 05-14-00389-CV (Tex. App. Apr. 17, 2014)

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