Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2023-08-27 10:13:56.348765+00
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Petition for Writ of Mandamus Dismissed and Memorandum Majority and
Dissenting Opinions filed August 15, 2023.

                                     In The

                      Fourteenth Court of Appeals

                               NO. 14-23-00472-CR

                   IN RE JOHN DAVIS BERNARD, JR., Relator

                          ORIGINAL PROCEEDING
                            WRIT OF MANDAMUS
                               184th District Court
                             Harris County, Texas
                         Trial Court Cause No. 1726657

                   MEMORANDUM MAJORITY OPINION

      On July 7, 2023, relator John Davis Bernard, Jr. filed a petition for writ of
mandamus in this court. See Tex. Gov’t Code Ann. § 22.221; see also Tex. R. App.
P. 52. In the petition, relator asks this court to set aside his indictment in the
underlying case.

      Relator is seeking habeas-corpus relief in his mandamus petition. The courts
of appeal have no original habeas-corpus jurisdiction in criminal matters. In re
Ayers, 515 S.W.3d 356, 356 (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. Tex. Code Crim. Proc. Ann. art 11.05. Therefore, this court is without
jurisdiction to consider relator’s petition requesting habeas corpus relief.

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

                                   PER CURIAM

Panel consists of Justices Wise, Bourliot, and Spain (Spain, J., dissenting).
Do Not Publish — Tex. R. App. P. 47.2(b).

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