Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2023-01-16 00:11:28.397974+00
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Petition for Writ of Mandamus Dismissed and Memorandum Majority and
Dissenting Opinions filed January 10, 2023.

                                         In The

                     Fourteenth Court of Appeals

                                 NO. 14-22-00870-CR
                                 NO. 14-22-00871-CR

                       IN RE ADRIAN D. CURRY, Relator

                           ORIGINAL PROCEEDING
                            WRIT OF MANDAMUS
                              208th District Court
                             Harris County, Texas
                    Trial Court Cause Nos. 1779895 & 179896

                          MEMORANDUM OPINION

      On November 28, 2022, relator Adrian D. Curry filed two petitions for writ
of mandamus in this court. See Tex. Gov’t Code Ann. § 22.221; see also Tex. R.
App. P. 52. In the petitions, relator asks this court to compel the Honorable Greg
Glass, presiding judge of the 208th District Court of Harris County, to dismiss the
charge of assault on a police officer.
      The relief relator is seeking from this court is in the form of a habeas corpus.
The courts of appeals have no original habeas corpus jurisdiction in criminal matters.
Tex. Gov’t Code Ann. § 22.221(d); In re Ayers, 515 S.W.3d 356, 356 (Tex. App.—
Houston [14th Dist.] 2016, orig. proceeding). Original jurisdiction to grant a writ of
habeas corpus in a criminal case is vested in the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals,
the district courts, the county courts, or a judge in those courts. Tex. Code Crim.
Proc. Ann. art. 11.05; Ayers, 515 S.W.3d at 356. Therefore, this court is without
jurisdiction to consider relator’s request for habeas corpus relief.

      Accordingly, we dismiss relator’s petitions for lack of jurisdiction.

                                   PER CURIAM

Panel consists of Justices Zimmerer, Spain, and Hassan (Spain, J., dissenting).
Do Not Publish — Tex. R. App. P. 47.2(b).

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