Court Opinion

ID: 9399470
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Date Created: 2023-06-04 07:11:37.07976+00
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Petition for Writ of Mandamus Dismissed and Memorandum Opinion filed
June 1, 2023.

                                      In The

                     Fourteenth Court of Appeals

                                NO. 14-23-00263-CR

                      IN RE EDWIN JOHNSON, Relator

                          ORIGINAL PROCEEDING
                            WRIT OF MANDAMUS
                              183rd District Court
                              Harris County, Texas
                         Trial Court Cause No. 1769253

                         MEMORANDUM OPINION

      On April 17, 2023, relator Edwin Johnson filed an application for writ of
mandamus in this court. See Tex. Gov’t Code Ann. § 22.221. In the petition, relator
asks this court to compel the Honorable Kristin Guiney, presiding judge of the 183rd
District Court of Harris County, to either dismiss the case or grant a personal
recognizance bond.
      Relator is seeking habeas-corpus relief. The courts of appeals have no original
habeas-corpus jurisdiction in criminal matters. In re Ayers, 515 S.W.3d 956, 956
(Tex. App.—Houston [14th Dist.] 2016, orig. proceeding) (citing Tex. Gov't Code
Ann. § 22.221(d)). Original jurisdiction to grant an application for 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. Id. (citing Tex. Code
Crim. Proc. Ann. art 11.05). Therefore, this court does not have original habeas-
corpus jurisdiction over a request to dismiss a criminal case or grant a recognizance
bond in a criminal case. See Ortiz v. State, 299 S.W.3d 930, 932 (Tex. App.—
Amarillo 2009, orig. proceeding) (holding court of appeals did not have jurisdiction
in original proceeding to consider challenge to denial of bail and dismissing petition
for writ of habeas corpus).

      Accordingly, relator’s application is dismissed for lack of jurisdiction.

                                   PER CURIAM

Panel consists of Chief Justice Christopher and Justices Jewell and Spain.
Do Not Publish — Tex. R. App. P. 47.2(b).

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