Court Opinion

ID: 2817124
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2015-07-15 07:54:04.550222+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T12:12:10.134518
License: Public Domain

In The

                                Court of Appeals
                    Ninth District of Texas at Beaumont
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                               NO. 09-15-00256-CR
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                          IN RE WILLIAM DURHAM

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                                Original Proceeding
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                          MEMORANDUM OPINION

      William Durham petitioned for a writ of mandamus, in which he asks that

the court compel the District Clerk of Liberty County, Texas to process his

application for a post-conviction writ of habeas corpus. See generally Tex. Code

Crim. Proc. Ann. art. 11.07 (West 2015). The petition does not invoke this Court’s

mandamus jurisdiction. See Tex. Gov’t Code Ann. § 22.221 (West 2004) (A court

of appeals may issue a writ of mandamus against a judge of a district or county

court in the court’s district, or issue a writ that is necessary to enforce the

jurisdiction of the court.); see also Padieu v. Court of Appeals of Tex., Fifth Dist.,

392 S.W.3d 115, 117 (Tex. Crim. App. 2013) (instructing that the Texas Court of

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Criminal Appeals possesses sole authority to grant relief in a post-conviction

habeas corpus proceeding filed in state court). Accordingly, we dismiss the petition

for writ of mandamus.

      PETITION DISMISSED.

                                                               PER CURIAM

Submitted on July 14, 2015
Opinion Delivered July 15, 2015
Do Not Publish

Before Kreger, Horton, and Johnson, JJ.

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