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In re Cervantes

Court of Appeals of Texas, Third District, Austin
Mar 15, 2024
No. 03-24-00177-CV (Tex. App. Mar. 15, 2024)

Opinion

03-24-00177-CV

03-15-2024

In re Tony Cervantes


ORIGINAL PROCEEDING FROM MILAM COUNTY

Before Byrne Chief Justice, Triana and Kelly Justices.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

Gisela Triana, Justice.

Relator Tony Cervantes, an inmate in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, has filed a petition for writ of habeas corpus complaining of an assortment of issues in the underlying criminal matter. "The Texas Constitution grants courts of appeals original jurisdiction only where specifically prescribed by law." Ex parte Braswell, 630 S.W.3d 600, 601 (Tex. App.-Waco 2021, no pet.); see Tex. Const. art. V, § 6. Our original jurisdiction to issue a writ of habeas corpus is limited to those cases where a person's liberty is restrained because the person has violated an order, judgment, or decree entered in a civil case. Tex. Gov't Code § 22.221(d); In re Reece, 341 S.W.3d 360, 364 n.3 (Tex. 2011) (orig. proceeding). Consequently, we lack original habeas corpus jurisdiction in criminal matters. Braswell, 630 S.W.3d at 601- 02; Queen v. State, 212 S.W.3d 619, 623 (Tex. App.-Austin 2006, no pet.). Moreover, article 11.06(c) of the Code of Criminal Procedure provides the procedure by which a person finally convicted in a misdemeanor case may seek post-conviction habeas relief. See Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 11.06(c); Ex parte Williams, 239 S.W.3d 859, 861-62 (Tex. App.-Austin 2007, no pet.). Pursuant to that article, "the writ must be made returnable to the county in which the applicant was convicted." Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 11.06(c). Accordingly, we dismiss Cervantes's petition for want of jurisdiction.


Summaries of

In re Cervantes

Court of Appeals of Texas, Third District, Austin
Mar 15, 2024
No. 03-24-00177-CV (Tex. App. Mar. 15, 2024)
Case details for

In re Cervantes

Case Details

Full title:In re Tony Cervantes

Court:Court of Appeals of Texas, Third District, Austin

Date published: Mar 15, 2024

Citations

No. 03-24-00177-CV (Tex. App. Mar. 15, 2024)

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