Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2023-03-19 08:11:08.493425+00
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Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus Dismissed and Memorandum Opinion filed
March 14, 2023.

                                         In The

                      Fourteenth Court of Appeals

                                   NO. 14-23-00134-CR

                        IN RE MICHAEL HAYES, Relator

                            ORIGINAL PROCEEDING
                           WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS
                                 339th District Court
                               Harris County, Texas
                           Trial Court Cause No. 1657944

                           MEMORANDUM OPINION

      On February 27, 2023, relator Michael Hayes filed a petition for writ of
habeas corpus in this court. See Tex. Gov’t Code § 22.221; see also Tex. R. App. P.
52. In the petition, relator asserts that the bail set in his case is excessive.

      The courts of appeal have no original habeas corpus jurisdiction in criminal
matters. In re Ayers, 515 S.W.3d 956, 956 (Tex. App.—Houston [14th Dist.] 2016,
orig. proceeding) (citing Tex. Gov’t Code § 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. art. 11.05). Therefore, this court does not have
original habeas corpus jurisdiction over a request to reduce bail in a criminal case.
See Oritz v. State, 299 S.W.3d 930, 932 (Tex. App.—Amarillo 2009, orig.
proceeding) (holding court of appeals did not have jurisdiction in original
proceeding to consider challenge to denial of bail and dismissing petition for writ of
habeas corpus).

      Accordingly, relator’s petition is dismissed for lack of jurisdiction.

                                   PER CURIAM

Panel consists of Justices Wise, Zimmerer, and Wilson.
Do Not Publish — Tex. R. App. P. 47.2(b).

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