Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus Dismissed and Memorandum Opinion filed April 24, 2008.
In The
Fourteenth Court of Appeals
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NO. 14-08-00302 -CV
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IN RE EDWARD R. NEWSOME, Relator
ORIGINAL PROCEEDING
WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS
M E M O R A N D U M O P I N I O N
On April 14, 2008, relator Edward R. Newsome, acting pro se, filed what we construe to be a petition for writ of habeas corpus in this court. Relator is currently serving a thirty-nine year sentence in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice for unauthorized use of a motor vehicle.[1] We dismiss for want of jurisdiction.
This court=s jurisdiction over habeas petitions is limited to contempt judgments in which a person=s liberty is restrained because the person has violated an order issued by a court in a civil case. See Tex. Gov=t Code Ann. ' 22.221(d) (Vernon 1988). We lack jurisdiction to grant habeas relief in this criminal law matter.
Accordingly, we dismiss relator=s petition for writ of habeas corpus for want of jurisdiction.
PER CURIAM
Petition Denied and Memorandum Opinion filed, April 24, 2008.
Panel consists of Chief Justice Hedges, and Justices Fowler and Boyce.
[1] Relator=s 1986 conviction was affirmed by this Court in 1988. See Newsome v. State, No. C14-87-00048-CR, 1988 WL 26430 (Tex. App.BHouston [14th Dist.] 1988, no pet.) (not designated for publication).