Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2023-11-15 07:09:47.297406+00
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DISMISSED and Opinion Filed November 13, 2023

                                    S   In The
                             Court of Appeals
                      Fifth District of Texas at Dallas
                                No. 05-23-01111-CV

                    IN RE BRIAN KEITH MELTON, Relator

          Original Proceeding from the 196th Judicial District Court
                            Hunt County, Texas
                      Trial Court Cause No. 32651-CR

                         MEMORANDUM OPINION
                Before Justices Partida-Kipness, Carlyle, and Garcia
                             Opinion by Justice Garcia
      In his November 3, 2023 petition for writ of mandamus, relator complains of

the trial court’s denial of his pro se motion to vacate the judgment and appears to

ask this Court to vacate the judgment on the ground that it is void. The mandamus

record shows that, pursuant to a plea-bargain agreement with the State, relator

pleaded guilty to violating a protective order with two prior qualifying convictions.

      The petition does not comply with Rule 52 of the Texas Rules of Appellate

Procedure, and, in any event, we lack jurisdiction to entertain the petition. This

proceeding is a collateral attack on a final conviction and, therefore, falls within the

scope of a post-conviction writ of habeas corpus under article 11.07 of the Texas

Code of Criminal Procedure. See TEX. CODE CRIM. PROC. ANN. art. 11.07. Only the
Texas Court of Criminal Appeals has jurisdiction in final, post-conviction felony

proceedings. Id.; Ater v. Eighth Court of Appeals, 802 S.W.2d 241, 243 (Tex. Crim.

App. 1991) (orig. proceeding); In re McAfee, 53 S.W.3d 715, 717 (Tex. App.—

Houston [1st Dist.] 2001, orig. proceeding).

      Accordingly, we dismiss this proceeding for want of jurisdiction.

                                          /Dennise Garcia/
                                          DENNISE GARCIA
                                          JUSTICE
231111F.P05

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