In Re: Leonard Weems--Appeal from 210th District Court of El Paso County
Annotate this CaseCOURT OF APPEALS
EIGHTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS
EL PASO, TEXAS
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) No. 08-03-00349-CR
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IN RE: LEONARD WEEMS ) AN ORIGINAL PROCEEDING
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) IN MANDAMUS
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MEMORANDUM OPINION ON WRIT OF MANDAMUS
Relator has filed a pro se petition for writ of mandamus, complaining that the trial court has refused to act on his post-conviction petition for writ of habeas corpus. This Court does not have jurisdiction over matters related to post-conviction writs of habeas corpus. See Ater v. Eighth Court of Appeals, 802 S.W.2d 241, 243 (Tex.Crim.App. 1991); In re McAfee, 53 S.W.3d 715, 718 (Tex.App.--Houston [1st Dist.] 2001, orig. proceeding). The Court of Criminal Appeals has the authority to issue a writ of mandamus when the trial court fails to act on a petition for writ of habeas corpus. See, e.g., Martin v. Hamlin, 25 S.W.3d 718, 719 (Tex.Crim.App. 2000); McCree v. Hampton, 824 S.W.2d 578, 579 (Tex.Crim.App. 1992).
The petition for writ of mandamus is dismissed for lack of jurisdiction.
August 7, 2003
DAVID WELLINGTON CHEW, Justice
Before Panel No. 2
Barajas, C.J., McClure, and Chew, JJ.
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