Opinion
No. 05-14-01240-CV
10-02-2014
IN RE CHRISTOPHER LOUIE SMITH, Relator
Original Proceeding from the 366th Judicial District Court Collin County, Texas
Trial Court Cause No. 401-80568-2014
MEMORANDUM OPINION
Before Justices O'Neill, Lang, and Brown
Opinion by Justice Brown
Relator filed this petition for writ of habeas corpus requesting that the Court order him released pursuant to article 17.151 of the Texas Code of Criminal Procedure. The intermediate courts of appeals have no original jurisdiction over petitions for habeas corpus relief in connection with criminal proceedings. TEX. GOV'T CODE ANN. § 22.221; TEX. CODE CRIM. PROC. ANN. art. 11.05. Accordingly, we DISMISS the petition for lack of jurisdiction.
/Ada Brown/
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