Court Opinion

ID: 9890744
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Date Created: 2023-10-15 07:15:07.747301+00
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Petition for Writ of Mandamus Dismissed and Memorandum Opinion filed
October 12, 2023.

                                     In The

                    Fourteenth Court of Appeals

                               NO. 14-23-00661-CR

                 IN RE JOSEPH BARNARD HINES, Relator

                         ORIGINAL PROCEEDING
                           WRIT OF MANDAMUS
                              180th District Court
                             Harris County, Texas
                       Trial Court Cause No. 809,892-C

                        MEMORANDUM OPINION

      On Thursday, September 7, 2023, relator Joseph Barnard Hines 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 compel the
Honorable DaSean Jones, presiding judge of the 180th District Court of Harris
County, to comply with its Order Designating Issues. This order concerns the
designation of controverted issues relating to relator’s dismissed habeas
application.

                                      Analysis
      Relator complains the trial court did not comply with its own Order
Designating Issues. However, relator previously petitioned the Court of Criminal
Appeals for a writ of mandamus requesting the trial court be ordered to comply
with its Order Designating Issues, which was granted and issued. Relator avers that
“[T]he 180th district court responded by submitting the records on the writ of
habeas corpus without resolving the issues or entering a facts findings and
conclusion of law [sic].”

      The compliance of the trial court with the Court of Criminal Appeals is
beyond the purview of this court in this matter. “Should an applicant find it
necessary to complain about an action or inaction of the convicting court, the
applicant may seek mandamus relief from the Court of Criminal Appeals.” In re
McAfee, 53 S.W.3d 715, 718 (Tex. App.—Houston [1st Dist.] 2001, orig.
proceeding) (concluding that the courts of appeals have no authority to issue writs
of mandamus in criminal law matters pertaining to proceedings under Tex. Code
Crim. Proc. Ann. art. 11.07). Because this court lacks jurisdiction to consider
relator’s complaint related to the inaction of a convicting court, we dismiss for lack
of jurisdiction.

                                      PER CURIAM

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

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