Kenneth J. Faircloth v. State

TEXAS COURT OF APPEALS, THIRD DISTRICT, AT AUSTIN NO. 03-07-00232-CR NO. 03-07-00233-CR Kenneth J. Faircloth, Appellant v. The State of Texas, Appellee FROM THE DISTRICT COURT OF LAMPASAS COUNTY, 27TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT NOS. 6499 & 6500, HONORABLE JOE CARROLL, JUDGE PRESIDING MEMORANDUM OPINION The clerk received and filed Kenneth J. Faircloth’s pro se “appeal of denial of motion to proceed with out of time appeal.” Despite its style, the document is a motion asking this Court to grant out-of-time appeals in these two causes, 1995 convictions for aggravated sexual assault of a child. The proper procedure by which to obtain an out-of-time appeal in a felony case is to apply to the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals pursuant to article 11.07. Tex. Code Crim. Proc. Ann. art. 11.07 (West 2005) (post-conviction habeas corpus). This Court does not have original habeas corpus jurisdiction in criminal cases and is without authority to grant Faircloth’s motion. See Tex. Gov’t Code Ann. § 22.221 (West 2004). The causes are dismissed for want of jurisdiction. ___________________________________________ Bob Pemberton, Justice Before Justices Patterson, Pemberton and Waldrop Dismissed for Want of Jurisdiction Filed: August 3, 2007 Do Not Publish 2