Opinion
Nos. 14-08-00646-CV, 14-08-00672-CV
Opinion filed August 5, 2008.
Original Proceedings Writ of Habeas Corpus.
Panel consists of Justices FROST, SEYMORE, and GUZMAN.
MEMORANDUM OPINION
Relator Jerrico Provost, acting pro se, has filed two petitions for a writ of habeas corpus. See Tex. Gov't Code § 22.221(d) (Vernon 2004); Tex. R. App. P. 52. Relator asserts that he was incarcerated for possession of a controlled substance. See generally Tex. Health Safety Code Ann. § 481.001, et seq. (Vernon 2003). We dismiss both petitions for want of jurisdiction.
Our jurisdiction over original habeas corpus petitions is limited to contempt judgments in which a person's liberty has been restrained because the person violated an order issued by a court in a civil case. See Tex. Gov't Code Ann. § 22.221(d). We do not have original habeas corpus jurisdiction in criminal matters. See Dodson v. State, 988 S.W.2d 833, 835 (Tex.App.-San Antonio 1999, no pet.).
Accordingly, as we are without jurisdiction to consider relator's petitions for writ of habeas corpus, we must dismiss the petitions.