Court Opinion

ID: 8205872
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Date Created: 2022-09-13 10:10:31.7977+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T16:41:11.394233
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TEXAS COURT OF APPEALS, THIRD DISTRICT, AT AUSTIN

                                     NO. 03-22-00543-CV

                                        In re Carl Craig

                     ORIGINAL PROCEEDING FROM COMAL COUNTY

                            MEMORANDUM OPINION

               Relator Carl Craig seeks an original writ of habeas corpus challenging his pre-trial

confinement as unlawful. This Court has no original habeas corpus jurisdiction in criminal law

matters; our original jurisdiction to entertain applications for writ of habeas corpus extends

solely to the actions of judges in civil cases. See Tex. Gov't Code § 22.221(d). Our habeas

corpus jurisdiction in criminal matters is appellate only. In re Hall, No. 03-17-00778-CV,

2017 WL 5985541, at *1 (Tex. App.—Austin Nov. 30, 2017, orig. proceeding).                Original

jurisdiction to grant a writ of habeas corpus in a criminal case is vested in the Court of Criminal

Appeals, the district courts, the county courts, or a judge of those courts. Tex. Code Crim. Proc.

art. 11.05.

               Accordingly, we dismiss Craig’s application for writ of habeas corpus for want of

jurisdiction. See Tex. R. App. P. 52.8(a).
                                            __________________________________________
                                            Edward Smith, Justice

Before Chief Justice Byrne, Justices Triana and Smith

Filed: September 8, 2022

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