Opinion
NO. 03-17-00319-CV
06-08-2017
ORIGINAL PROCEEDING FROM TRAVIS COUNTY
MEMORANDUM OPINION
Relator Tommy Joe Kelley has filed a petition for writ of mandamus, asking this Court to order the 390th Judicial District Court of Travis County to conduct an evidentiary hearing on three applications for writ of habeas corpus that Kelley has filed with the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals pursuant to article 11.07 of the Texas Code of Criminal Procedure. However, when an article 11.07 application has been filed, only the Court of Criminal Appeals has jurisdiction to issue a writ of mandamus pertaining to any article 11.07 proceedings in the trial court. Accordingly, we dismiss Kelley's petition for want of jurisdiction.
See Padieu v. Court of Appeals of Texas, 392 S.W.3d 115, 117 (Tex. Crim. App. 2013); In re Washington, 7 S.W.3d 181, 182 (Tex. App.—Houston [1st Dist.] 1999, orig. proceeding).
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Bob Pemberton, Justice Before Justices Puryear, Pemberton, and Goodwin Filed: June 8, 2017