Court Opinion

ID: 4683632
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Date Created: 2021-05-04 11:19:44.732613+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T09:12:48.429847
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Fourth Court of Appeals
                                       San Antonio, Texas

                                   MEMORANDUM OPINION

                                           No. 04-21-00143-CR

                                       EX PARTE Hector REYES

                                           Original Proceeding 1

PER CURIAM

Sitting:          Rebeca C. Martinez, Chief Justice
                  Luz Elena D. Chapa, Justice
                  Beth Watkins, Justice

Delivered and Filed: April 28, 2021

DISMISSED

           Relator has filed a petition for writ of habeas corpus relating to a criminal prosecution.

“Our original jurisdiction to issue a writ of habeas corpus is limited to cases in which a person’s

liberty is restrained because the person has violated an order, judgment, or decree entered in a civil

case.” In re Garrett, No. 04-20-00557-CR, 2020 WL 7753983, at *1 (Tex. App.—San Antonio

Dec. 30, 2020, no pet.) (mem. op., not designated for publication). “We do not have original

jurisdiction to issue a writ of habeas corpus in criminal matters.” Id. “The only courts authorized

to issue writs of habeas corpus in criminal matters are the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, district

1
 This proceeding arises out of Cause No. 2019CR3789, styled State of Texas v. Hector Reyes, pending in the 186th
Judicial District Court, Bexar County, Texas, the Honorable Jefferson Moore presiding.
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courts, and county courts.” Id. Here, relator does not complain of an order, judgment, or decree

entered in a civil case. We therefore dismiss relator’s petition for want of jurisdiction.

                                                   PER CURIAM

Do Not Publish

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