IN THE
TENTH COURT OF APPEALS
No. 10-17-00133-CR
EX PARTE ALBERT DAWSON, JR.
From the 77th District Court
Limestone County, Texas
Trial Court No. 13561-A
MEMORANDUM OPINION
Albert Dawson, Jr., has filed a “Notice of Appeal in Habeas Corpus.” It states that
we have “jurisdiction to hear this appeal from [the] trial court’s order denying habeas
corpus relief.” However, this Court, as an intermediate court of appeals, has no
jurisdiction over post-conviction writs of habeas corpus in felony cases. See TEX. CODE
CRIM. PROC. ANN. art. 11.07, § 3(a), (b) (West 2015); Ex parte Martinez, 175 S.W.3d 510, 512-
13 (Tex. App.—Texarkana 2005, orig. proceeding) (“Our law requires post-conviction
applications for writs of habeas corpus, for felony cases in which the death penalty was
not assessed, to be filed in the court of original conviction, made returnable to the Texas
Court of Criminal Appeals.”) (citing TEX. CODE CRIM. PROC. ANN. art. 11.07, § 3(a), (b)).
Accordingly, we dismiss this appeal for want of jurisdiction.
REX D. DAVIS
Justice
Before Chief Justice Gray,
Justice Davis, and
Justice Scoggins
Dismissed
Opinion delivered and filed May 24, 2017
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