in Re Gerald Wayne Santee

Opinion issued March 15, 2007



















In The

Court of Appeals

For The

First District of Texas

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NO. 01-06-01045-CR

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IN RE GERALD WAYNE SANTEE, Relator




Original Proceeding on Petition for Writ of Mandamus




MEMORANDUM OPINION

Relator, Gerald Wayne Santee, filed a motion for leave to file a writ of mandamus , and a pro se petition for writ of mandamus, requesting that this Court review his 1995 felony convictions for two separate offenses of aggravated robbery and find the convictions void. We deny the motion for leave to file a writ of mandamus, and we deny the petition.

We may issue all writs of mandamus, agreeable to the principles of law regulating those writs, against a judge of a district or county court in our district. Tex. Gov't Code Ann. § 22.221(b) (Vernon Supp. 2006). We may also issue writs of mandamus and all other writs necessary to enforce our jurisdiction. Tex. Gov't Code Ann. § 22.221(a) (Vernon Supp. 2006). Relator's request does not fall within our mandamus authority.

Even if we considered relator's request as a petition for writ of habeas corpus, we have neither original habeas corpus jurisdiction in criminal cases, nor post-conviction habeas corpus jurisdiction in felony cases. See Board of Pardons & Paroles ex rel. Keene v. Court of Appeals for the Eighth District, 910 S.W.2d 481, 483 (Tex. Crim. App. 1995); Tex. Code Crim. Proc. Ann. art. 11.07, § 3 (Vernon Supp. 2006).

The petition for writ of mandamus is therefore denied.

PER CURIAM

Panel consists of Justices Taft, Alcala, and Hanks.

Do not publish. Tex. R. App. P. 47.2(b).