Opinion
No. 05-17-01018-CV
08-30-2017
IN RE STEVEN EDWARD VILLNAVE, Relator
On Appeal from the 291st Judicial District Court Dallas County, Texas
Trial Court Cause No. F11-22458-U
MEMORANDUM OPINION
Before Justices Lang, Myers, and Boatright
Opinion by Justice Boatright
In 2013, relator entered a plea bargain in trial court cause number F11-22458-U and was sentenced to ten years confinement for third degree felony driving while intoxicated. Relator did not appeal. In this original proceeding, relator seeks a writ of mandamus ordering the trial court to modify his sentence. This proceeding is a collateral attack on a final conviction and, therefore, falls within the scope of a post-conviction writ of habeas corpus under article 11.07 of the Texas Code of Criminal Procedure. TEX. CODE CRIM. PROC. ANN. art. 11.07 (West 2015). Only the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals has jurisdiction in final, post-conviction felony proceedings. Id. Accordingly, we dismiss this proceeding for want of jurisdiction.
/Jason Boatright/
JASON BOATRIGHT
JUSTICE 171018F.P05