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Date Created: 2023-03-29 06:09:11.458549+00
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DISMISSED and Opinion Filed March 22, 2023

                                  S  In The
                           Court of Appeals
                    Fifth District of Texas at Dallas
                              No. 05-23-00104-CV

                     IN RE JAMES DRAUCKER, Relator

           Original Proceeding from the County Court at Law No. 1
                           Rockwall County, Texas
                      Trial Court Cause No. CR18-1954

                        MEMORANDUM OPINION
                Before Justices Pedersen, III, Smith, and Kennedy
                            Opinion by Justice Smith
      In this original proceeding, James Draucker has filed a petition seeking

original habeas relief from this Court to contest his April 8, 2022 conviction for

driving while intoxicated. Relator has also filed a motion seeking appointment of

counsel.

      This Court does not have original jurisdiction to consider petitions seeking

habeas relief generated in connection with criminal proceedings. See TEX. CODE

CRIM. PROC. ANN. art. 11.05; TEX. GOV’T CODE ANN. § 22.221(d); In re Spriggs, 528

S.W.3d 234, 236 (Tex. App.—Amarillo 2017, orig. proceeding); In re Ayers, 515

S.W.3d 356, 356–57 (Tex. App.—Houston [14th Dist.] 2016, orig. proceeding) (per
curiam); see also In re Thomas, 05-14-01320-CV, 2014 WL 6546580, at *1 (Tex.

App.—Dallas Oct. 23, 2014, orig. proceeding) (mem. op.).

      Accordingly, we deny the motion seeking appointment of counsel, and we

dismiss the petition for want of jurisdiction.

                                            /Craig Smith/
                                            CRAIG SMITH
                                            JUSTICE

230104F.P05

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