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In re Kennedy

Court of Appeals of Texas, Fourteenth District
Nov 16, 2021
No. 14-21-00565-CR (Tex. App. Nov. 16, 2021)

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Do Not Publish - Tex.R.App.P. 47.2(b).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.


Summaries of

In re Kennedy

Court of Appeals of Texas, Fourteenth District
Nov 16, 2021
No. 14-21-00565-CR (Tex. App. Nov. 16, 2021)
Case details for

In re Kennedy

Case Details

Full title:IN RE JOHN KENNEDY, Relator

Court:Court of Appeals of Texas, Fourteenth District

Date published: Nov 16, 2021

Citations

No. 14-21-00565-CR (Tex. App. Nov. 16, 2021)