Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2018-07-31 16:54:00.973073+00
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Fourth Court of Appeals
                                    San Antonio, Texas
                                            July 30, 2018

                                        No. 04-17-00491-CR

                                             Joel SOTO,
                                              Appellant

                                                  v.

                                       The STATE of Texas,
                                             Appellee

                   From the 379th Judicial District Court, Bexar County, Texas
                                 Trial Court No. 2015CR8804
                            Honorable Ron Rangel, Judge Presiding

                                           ORDER

Sitting:       Sandee Bryan Marion, Chief Justice
               Karen Angelini, Justice
               Irene Rios, Justice

         Appellant has filed a pro se letter requesting a copy of his trial transcripts for purposes of
filing a post-conviction writ of habeas corpus. This court has no jurisdiction over post-
conviction writs of habeas corpus in felony cases. See TEX. CODE CRIM. PROC. art. 11.07; In re
Coronado, 980 S.W.2d 691, 692 (Tex. App.—San Antonio 1998, orig. proceeding). Post-
conviction writs of habeas corpus are to be filed in the trial court in which the conviction was
obtained, and made returnable to the Court of Criminal Appeals. See TEX. CODE CRIM. PROC.
art. 11.07. In order to obtain a free copy of the record, appellant would need to file a motion in
the trial court in which the conviction was obtained and demonstrate that his claim is not
frivolous and that the record is needed to decide the issues presented. See United States v.
MacCollom, 426 U.S. 317, 326 (1976); Escobar v. State, 880 S.W.2d 782, 783 (Tex. App.—
Houston [1st Dist.] 1993, no pet.). Appellant’s request is DENIED without prejudice to seeking
relief in the proper court.

                                                       _________________________________
                                                       Sandee Bryan Marion, Chief Justice
       IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said
court on this 30th day of July, 2018.

                                              ___________________________________
                                              Keith E. Hottle
                                              Clerk of Court