In The
Court of Appeals
Sixth Appellate District of Texas at Texarkana
No. 06-13-00198-CR
EX PARTE: NIJINSKI TYWON MURPHY
Original Habeas Proceeding
Before Morriss, C.J., Carter and Moseley, JJ.
Memorandum Opinion by Justice Moseley
MEMORANDUM OPINION
Nijinski Tywon Murphy has filed a petition with this Court asking us to grant him habeas
corpus relief and release him from custody. Murphy is currently before this Court in a separate
appeal from the conviction for which he seeks habeas relief.
The authority to grant habeas relief is granted by Article 11.05 of the Texas Code of
Criminal Procedure. TEX. CODE CRIM. PROC. ANN. art. 11.05 (West 2005). It specifies that the
Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, district courts, county courts, or any judge of those courts have
the power to issue the writ of habeas corpus. Notably absent from that list are the Texas Courts
of Appeals and the justices of those Courts of Appeals. The habeas jurisdiction of this Court is
extremely narrow and does not include criminal cases. TEX. GOV’T CODE ANN. § 22.221 (West
2004). We have no jurisdiction over this proceeding.
We dismiss the petition for want of jurisdiction.
Bailey C. Moseley
Justice
Date Submitted: September 10, 2013
Date Decided: September 11, 2013
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