Opinion
14-21-00565-CR 14-21-00566-CR14-21-00567-CR
11-16-2021
IN RE JOHN KENNEDY, Relator
Do Not Publish - Tex.R.App.P. 47.2(b).
ORIGINAL PROCEEDING WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS 183RD DISTRICT COURT HARRIS COUNTY, TEXAS TRIAL COURT CAUSE NOS. 1601787, 1601788 & 1657683
Panel consists of Justices Wise, Bourliot, and Zimmerer.
MEMORANDUM OPINION
PER CURIAM
On October 8, 2021, relator John Kennedy filed a petition for writ of habeas corpus in this court. See Tex. Gov't Code Ann. § 22.221; see also Tex.R.App.P. 52. In the petition, relator asks this court to release him from pretrial detention.
The courts of appeals have no original habeas-corpus jurisdiction in criminal matters. In re Ayers, 515 S.W.3d 356, 356 (Tex. App.-Houston [14th Dist.] 2016, orig. proceeding) (citing Tex. Gov't Code Ann. § 22.221(d)). Original jurisdiction to grant an application for a writ of habeas corpus in a criminal case is vested in the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, the district courts, the county courts, or a judge in those courts. Tex. Code Crim. Proc. Ann. art 11.05. Therefore, this court does not have original habeas-corpus jurisdiction to grant relator's requested relief.
Accordingly, we dismiss relator's petition for writ of mandamus for lack of jurisdiction.