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Date Created: 2020-03-17 09:13:26.766672+00
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Fourth Court of Appeals
                                  San Antonio, Texas
                                         March 16, 2020

                                      No. 04-17-00835-CR

                                       James STRIBLIN,
                                           Appellant

                                                v.

                                     The STATE of Texas,
                                           Appellee

                  From the 186th Judicial District Court, Bexar County, Texas
                                Trial Court No. 2013CR4270
                         Honorable Jefferson Moore, Judge Presiding

                                         ORDER
       This court issued its mandate in appeal number 04-17-00835-CR on March 6, 2019. On
March 12, 2020, appellant James Striblin filed a pro se motion for a copy of the appellate record
so he may prepare a post-conviction writ of habeas corpus.
       This court’s plenary power in appeal number 04-17-00835-CR has expired; this court no
longer has jurisdiction in that appeal. See TEX. R. APP. P. 19.1 (plenary power period); id. 19.3
(“After its plenary power expires, the court cannot vacate or modify its judgment.”).
        Further, this court has “no jurisdiction over post-conviction writs of habeas corpus in
felony cases.” In re Coronado, 980 S.W.2d 691, 692 (Tex. App.—San Antonio 1998, orig.
proceeding); accord TEX. CODE CRIM. PROC. ANN. art. 11.07. 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. ANN. art. 11.07(b).
       To obtain a free copy of the record to prepare a post-conviction writ of habeas corpus,
Appellant must 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, 325–26 (1976); Escobar v. State, 880
S.W.2d 782, 783 (Tex. App.—Houston [1st Dist.] 1993, no pet.).
                                              _________________________________
                                              Patricia O. Alvarez, Justice

       IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said
court on this 16th day of March, 2020.

                                              ___________________________________
                                              MICHAEL A. CRUZ,
                                              Clerk of Court