Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2024-01-07 09:13:41.904024+00
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Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus Dismissed and Memorandum Opinion
filed January 4, 2024.

                                              In The

                         Fourteenth Court of Appeals

                                      NO. 14-23-00703-CR

                           IN RE ANDREW BURKE, Relator

                              ORIGINAL PROCEEDING
                             WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS
                                  458th District Court
                                Fort Bend County, Texas
                         Trial Court Cause No. 22-DCR-099866

                              MEMORANDUM OPINION

       On September 22, 2023, relator Andrew Burke 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. Relator seeks a new trial.1

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         Relator’s direct appeal of the underlying conviction is pending before this Court in No. 23-
00712-CR.
      The courts of appeal have no original habeas-corpus jurisdiction in criminal
matters. In re Ayers, 515 S.W.3d 356, 356–57 (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).

      Accordingly, relator’s petition is dismissed for lack 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Do Not Publish — Tex.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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