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MEMORANDUM OPINION
No. 04-09-00299-CR
IN RE Gary WARREN
Original Mandamus Proceeding1
PER CURIAM
Sitting: Karen Angelini, Justice
Rebecca Simmons, Justice
Marialyn Barnard, Justice
Delivered and Filed: June 3, 2009
PETITION FOR WRIT OF MANDAMUS DISMISSED FOR LACK OF JURISDICTION
On May 21, 2009, relator Gary Warren filed a petition for writ of mandamus, seeking to
compel the trial court to rule on his pro se post-conviction petition for writ of habeas corpus. Relator
contends he is being “illegally restrained of his liberty by [the] sheriff.” In 2009, relator was
convicted of assault and was sentenced to ten months’ confinement.
Only the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals has jurisdiction over matters related to post-
conviction relief from an otherwise final felony conviction. See Ater v. Eighth Court of Appeals, 802
S.W.2d 241, 243 (Tex. 1991); see also TEX . CODE CRIM . PROC. ANN . art. 11.07 (Vernon Supp.
… This proceeding arises out of Cause No. 204058, styled State v. Gary Warren, in the County Court at Law
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No. 7, Bexar County, Texas, the Honorable Monica Guerrero presiding.
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2008); Board of Pardons & Paroles ex rel. Keene v. Court of Appeals for Eighth Dist., 910 S.W.2d
481, 483 (Tex. Crim. App. 1995) (holding that “Article 11.07 provides the exclusive means to
challenge a final felony conviction.”). Because the relief sought in relator’s petition relates to post-
conviction relief from an otherwise final felony conviction, we are without jurisdiction to consider
his petition for writ of mandamus.
Accordingly, relator’s petition is dismissed for lack of jurisdiction.
PER CURIAM
DO NOT PUBLISH
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