NUMBER 13-15-00396-CR
COURT OF APPEALS
THIRTEENTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS
CORPUS CHRISTI - EDINBURG
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EX PARTE JUAN VILLARREAL
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On appeal from the 319th Court
of Nueces County, Texas.
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MEMORANDUM OPINION
Before Justices Garza, Benavides, and Longoria
Memorandum Opinion Per Curiam
Appellant, Juan Villarreal, proceeding pro se, filed a notice of appeal seeking to
challenge the trial court’s findings of fact, conclusions of law, and recommendation that
the appellant’s application for writ of habeas corpus be dismissed. On August 31, 2015,
the Clerk of this Court notified appellant that it appeared this Court does not have
jurisdiction over the order subject to appeal in this cause, and requested correction of this
defect within ten days or the appeal would be dismissed. Appellant responded by filing
an amended notice of appeal.
Jurisdiction to grant post-conviction habeas corpus relief in felony cases rests
exclusively with the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals. TEX. CODE CRIM. PROC. ANN. art.
11.07, § 5 (Vernon Supp. 2011); Bd. of Pardons & Paroles ex rel. Keene v. Court of
Appeals for the Eighth Dist., 910 S.W.2d 481, 483 (Tex. Crim. App. 1995); In re McAfee,
53 S.W.3d 715, 717–18 (Tex. App.—Houston [1st Dist.] 2001, orig.
proceeding). Therefore, we are without jurisdiction to grant the requested relief.
The appeal is DISMISSED for want of jurisdiction.
PER CURIAM
Do not publish.
TEX. R. APP. P. 47.2(b).
Delivered and filed the
22nd day of October, 2015.
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