Opinion
No. 13-09-00346-CR
Memorandum Opinion delivered and filed June 23, 2009. DO NOT PUBLISH. See Tex. R. App. P. 47.2(b).
On Petition for Writ of Mandamus.
Before Chief Justice VALDEZ and Justices YANEZ and BENAVIDES.
MEMORANDUM OPINION
Relator, Glenn Lacy Durham, has filed a pro se petition for writ of mandamus in this Court, complaining generally the respondent, the Honorable J. Manuel Banales, the presiding judge of the 105th District Court of Kleberg County, Texas, has committed error in dismissing relator's "Motion to Set Aside Indictment" for want of jurisdiction. We affirmed relator's conviction for murder and first degree felony injury to a child on direct appeal. See Durham v. State, No. 13-99-00045-CR, 2001 Tex. App. LEXIS 1180, at *2 (Tex.App.-Corpus Christi Feb. 22, 2001, pet. ref'd) (en banc). Relator's petition for writ of mandamus constitutes a collateral attack on his conviction. Such an attack falls within the scope of a post-conviction writ of habeas corpus under article 11.07 of the Texas Code of Criminal Procedure. See Tex. Code Crim. Proc. Ann. art. 11.07 (Vernon Supp. 2008). While courts of appeals have mandamus jurisdiction in criminal matters, only the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals has jurisdiction in final post-conviction felony proceedings. See id. art. 11.07 § 3; Ater v. Eighth Court of Appeals, 802 S.W.2d 241, 243 (Tex.Crim.App. 1991) (orig. proceeding); In re McAfee, 53 S.W.3d 715, 717 (Tex.App.-Houston [1st Dist.] 2001, orig. proceeding). The Court, having examined and fully considered the petition for writ of mandamus, is of the opinion that we lack jurisdiction to consider this matter. Therefore, the petition for writ of mandamus is DISMISSED for want of jurisdiction. See Tex. R. App. P. 52.8(a).