Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2023-07-09 08:09:21.785538+00
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Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus Dismissed and Memorandum Opinion
filed July 6, 2023.

                                       In The

                     Fourteenth Court of Appeals

                                NO. 14-23-00433-CR
                                NO. 14-23-00434-CR

                   IN RE BRIAN DAVID WALKER, Relator

                       ORIGINAL PROCEEDING
                      WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS
                            268th District Court
                         Fort Bend County, Texas
       Trial Court Cause No. 20-DCR-093838 and No. 20-DCR-093839

                         MEMORANDUM OPINION

      On June 20, 2023, relator Brian David Walker filed a petition for writ of
habeas corpus in this Court. See Tex. Gov’t Code Ann. § 22.221; see also Tex. R.
App. P. 52. In the petition, relator claims that he is being illegally confined and
restrained of his liberty by the Sheriff of Fort Bend County.
      This Court does not have original habeas corpus jurisdiction in criminal
cases. 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 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 is without
jurisdiction to consider relator’s petition requesting habeas corpus relief.

      The relief sought by relator is not within this Court’s jurisdiction. As such,
relator’s petition for writ of habeas corpus is dismissed for want of jurisdiction.

                                        PER CURIAM

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Do Not Publish — Tex.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

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