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COURT OF
APPEALS
                                                   EIGHTH DISTRICT OF
TEXAS
                                                              EL
PASO, TEXAS
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
EX PARTE:  ANGEL
  ROMERO

 
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                  No. 08-12-00190-CR
 
                         Appeal from
 
384th District Court
 
of El Paso County,
  Texas
 
(TC # 20100D01732)

 
 

 
 

 
 

                                                     MEMORANDUM
OPINION
 
Angel Romero is attempting to appeal an order denying his application for
writ of habeas corpus.  We dismiss the
appeal for want of jurisdiction.
FACTUAL SUMMARY
In
2010, Romero waived his right to a jury trial and entered a negotiated plea of
guilty to the offense of aggravated kidnapping (Count I), sexual assault (Count
II), aggravated assault w/deadly weapon (Count IV), assault family/household
member impede breath/circulation (Count V), assault family/household member
w/previous conviction (Count VI).  In
exchange for Romero’s plea of guilty, the State recommended that he be
sentenced to imprisonment for a term of twenty years on each count.  The trial court followed the plea bargain.  On April 9, 2012, Romero filed a writ of
habeas corpus pursuant to Article 11.07 of the Code of Criminal Procedure.  On May 30, 2012, the Court of Criminal
Appeals denied the writ application. 
Romero filed notice of appeal.  
JURISDICTION
A
writ of habeas corpus brought pursuant to Article 11.07 of the Code of Criminal
Procedure is the exclusive procedure available to an applicant seeking relief
from a felony judgment imposing a penalty other than death.  See Tex.Code Crim.Proc.Ann. art. 11.07(1) (West
Supp. 2012).  Article 11.07 specifically
provides that: “After conviction the procedure outlined in this Act shall be
exclusive and any other proceeding shall be void and of no force and effect in
discharging the prisoner.”  Tex.Code Crim.Proc.Ann. art. 11.07(5).  Further, the writ is returnable to the Court
of Criminal Appeals.  Tex.Code Crim.Proc.Ann. art.
11.07(3)(a).  This Court does not have
jurisdiction to entertain a post-conviction felony habeas application or the
purported appeal of a trial court’s ruling on such an application.  See Ater
v. Eighth Court of Appeals, 802 S.W.2d 241, 243 (Tex.Crim.App.1991)(orig. proceeding);
Ex parte Mendenhall, , 209 S.W.3d
260, 261 (Tex.App.--Waco 2006, no pet.).  We dismiss the appeal for want of jurisdiction.
 
November 14, 2012                            _______________________________________________
ANN CRAWFORD
McCLURE, Chief Justice
 
Before McClure, C.J., Rivera, and Antcliff, JJ.
 
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