Court Opinion

ID: 9690658
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-24 19:30:35.211732+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T09:04:23.085121
License: Public Domain

WOMACK, J.,
filed a dissenting opinion.
In my view, a convicted person who seeks relief from an error in an administrative decision of the Department of Criminal Justice may not use the procedure in article 11.07 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, which “establishes the procedures for an application for a writ of habeas corpus in which the applicant seeks relief from a felony judgment imposing a penalty other than death.” * See Ex parte Whiteside, 12 S.W.3d 819, 822 (Tex.Cr. App.2000) (Womack, J., concurring). Because this application does not seek relief from a judgment, I would dismiss it without prejudice to the applicant’s seeking relief through a proper procedure. I respectfully dissent.

. Tex.Code Crim. Proc. art. 11.07, § 1.