Court Opinion

ID: 4188000
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Date Created: 2017-07-20 19:22:15.671916+00
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Fourth Court of Appeals
                                   San Antonio, Texas
                                           July 19, 2017

                                       No. 04-14-00261-CR

                                    Darrick Davon OLIVER,
                                            Appellant

                                                 v.

                                      The STATE of Texas,
                                            Appellee

                  From the 399th Judicial District Court, Bexar County, Texas
                                Trial Court No. 2012CR1844
                           Honorable Ray Olivarri, Judge Presiding

                                         ORDER
         Appellant has filed a pro se motion requesting a copy of his trial transcripts for purposes
of filing a post-conviction writ of habeas corpus. This court has no jurisdiction over post-
conviction writs of habeas corpus in felony cases. See TEX. CODE CRIM. PROC. art. 11.07; In re
Coronado, 980 S.W.2d 691, 692 (Tex. App.—San Antonio 1998, orig. proceeding). 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.
art. 11.07. In order to obtain a free copy of the record, appellant would need to 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, 326 (1976); Escobar v. State, 880 S.W.2d 782, 783 (Tex. App.—
Houston [1st Dist.] 1993, no pet.). Appellant’s motion is DENIED without prejudice to seeking
relief in the proper court.

                                                      _________________________________
                                                      Marialyn Barnard, Justice

       IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said
court on this 19th day of July, 2017.
___________________________________
Luz Estrada
Chief Deputy Clerk