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TEXAS COURT OF APPEALS, THIRD DISTRICT, AT AUSTIN

NO. 03-01-00403-CR

Ex parte Shernon Madison Coleman

FROM THE COUNTY COURT AT LAW NO. 2 OF BELL COUNTY

NO. 2C94-1476, HONORABLE JOHN BARINA, JR., JUDGE PRESIDING

In 1994, Shernon Madison Coleman was convicted in the court below of unlawfully
carrying a weapon and sentenced to incarceration for thirty days. (1)  In 2001, he filed a "motion for
post conviction relief" that was, in effect, a petition for a writ of habeas corpus challenging the
legality of the conviction.  See Tex. Code Crim. Proc. Ann. arts. 11.05, .09 (West 1977). (2)  Two days
later, the court issued an order denying the motion.  This appeal followed.  See Ex parte Jordan, 659
S.W.2d 827, 828 (Tex. Crim. App. 1983).
The record before us reflects that the court below refused to issue the writ of habeas
corpus without considering or ruling on the merits of the petition.  No appeal lies in such a case.  Ex
parte Gonzales, 12 S.W.3d 913, 914 (Tex. App.--Austin 2000, pet. ref'd).
The appeal is dismissed.

				__________________________________________
				Marilyn Aboussie, Chief Justice
Before Chief Justice Aboussie, Justices B. A. Smith and Puryear
Dismissed for Want of Jurisdiction
Filed:   November 8, 2001
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1.        Coleman, who is presently a federal inmate, alleges that he continues to be restrained by
the challenged conviction because it was used to enhance his present sentence.  See Tex. Code
Crim. Proc. Ann. art. 11.22 (West 1977).
2.        Coleman urges that his guilty plea was not voluntary because he did not knowingly waive
his privilege against self-incrimination or his rights to counsel, trial by jury, and confrontation. 
The record, however, contains written admonishments and waivers.