In re Brown

Full title: IN RE ROBERT ANTHONY BROWN, Relator

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

Date published: Oct 28, 2004

No. 01-04-01001-CR (Tex. App. Oct. 28, 2004)

Opinion

No. 01-04-01001-CR

Opinion issued October 28, 2004. DO NOT PUBLISH. Tex.R.App.P. 47.2(b).

Original Proceeding on Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus.

Panel consists of Justices NUCHIA, HANKS, and HIGLEY.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

PER CURIAM.

Relator, Robert Anthony Brown, filed an original petition for writ of habeas corpus in this Court. He requests that we reduce the amount of his pretrial bail or order his release from custody in cause numbers 990261 and 990262, pending in the 228th District Court of Harris County. 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(d) (Vernon 2004). Therefore, we are without jurisdiction to grant habeas corpus relief. Accordingly, we dismiss the petition for want of jurisdiction.