TEXAS COURT OF APPEALS, THIRD DISTRICT, AT AUSTIN
NO. 03-14-00461-CV
In re Freddrick Smith
ORIGINAL PROCEEDING FROM HARRIS COUNTY
MEMORANDUM OPINION
Relator Freddrick Smith, an inmate proceeding pro se, has filed a petition for
writ of mandamus with this Court, asking us to order the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals and the
351st Judicial District Court of Harris County to act on Smith’s application for writ of habeas
corpus. This Court’s mandamus jurisdiction is expressly limited to: (1) writs against a district court
judge or county court judge in this Court’s district, and (2) all writs necessary to enforce our
jurisdiction.1 Harris County is not in this Court’s district, and no writ is necessary to enforce our
jurisdiction here.2 Additionally, we do not have any jurisdiction over the Texas Court of Criminal
1
See Tex. Gov’t Code § 22.221.
2
See id. § 22.201(d).
Appeals,3 which has exclusive jurisdiction to review matters relating to post-conviction relief from
final felony convictions.4 We dismiss Smith’s petition for want of jurisdiction.
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Bob Pemberton, Justice
Before Justices Puryear, Pemberton, and Rose
Filed: August 1, 2014
3
See Tex. Const. art. V, § 6; see also Lambert v. State, No. 03-12-00530-CR, 2012 Tex.
App. LEXIS 7121, at *1-2 (Tex. App.—Austin Aug. 23, 2012, no pet.) (mem. op., not designated
for publication).
4
See Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 11.07; Padieu v. Court of Appeals of Tex., Fifth Dist.,
392 S.W.3d 115, 117 (Tex. Crim. App. 2013) (per curiam).
2