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Date Created: 2023-08-27 10:13:54.803871+00
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Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus Dismissed and Memorandum Majority and
Concurring Opinions filed August 15, 2023.

                                       In The

                     Fourteenth Court of Appeals

                                 NO. 14-23-00456-CR

                         IN RE YU HENG TAO, Relator

                          ORIGINAL PROCEEDING
                         WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS
                              240th District Court
                            Fort Bend County, Texas
                     Trial Court Cause No. 22-DCR-101104

                  MEMORANDUM MAJORITY OPINION

      On June 29, 2023, relator Yu Heng Tao filed a petition for writ of habeas
corpus in this court. See Tex. Gov’t Code Ann. § 22.221; see also Tex. R. App. P.
52. In the petition, relator seeks pretrial bond reduction.

      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 Ann. § 22.221(d)). Original jurisdiction
to grant an application for 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. Ann. art. 11.05). Therefore, this court
does not have original habeas corpus jurisdiction over a request to reduce bail in a
criminal case. See Ortiz 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, Bourliot, and Spain (Spain, J., concurring).
Do Not Publish — Tex. R. App. P. 47.2(b).

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