Court Opinion

ID: 9410435
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-07-21 09:15:54.554924+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:20:57.820129
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IN THE
                          TENTH COURT OF APPEALS

                                 No. 10-23-00214-CR

                      EX PARTE BRYAN STALLWORTH

                                Original Proceeding

                           From the 12th District Court
                              Walker County, Texas
                              Trial Court No. 30582

                          MEMORANDUM OPINION

      In this proceeding, Bryan Stallworth, acting pro se, has filed an original application

for a writ of habeas corpus. The courts of appeals, however, have no original habeas-

corpus jurisdiction in criminal matters. Ex parte Braswell, 630 S.W.3d 600, 601 (Tex.

App.—Waco 2021, orig. proceeding).

      In addition to requesting habeas relief, Stallworth also asks in his application that

this Court order the district attorney to disclose certain evidence to him. But this Court

does not have mandamus jurisdiction over a district attorney. In re Smith, No. 03-19-
00734-CV, 2019 WL 6121405, at *1 (Tex. App.—Austin Nov. 19, 2019, orig. proceeding)

(mem. op.); see TEX. GOV’T CODE ANN. § 22.221.

        Accordingly, this proceeding is dismissed for want of jurisdiction.

                                                 MATT JOHNSON
                                                 Justice

Before Chief Justice Gray,
       Justice Johnson, and
       Justice Smith
Dismissed
Opinion delivered and filed July 19, 2023
Do not publish
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