In Re: Jimmy Lee Sweed--Appeal from 409th District Court of El Paso County
Annotate this CaseCOURT OF APPEALS
EIGHTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS
EL PASO, TEXAS
IN RE: JIMMY LEE SWEED,
Relator.
No. 08-06-00317-CR
AN ORIGINAL
PROCEEDING IN HABEAS CORPUS
O P I N I O N
Jimmy Lee Sweed files an original petition for a writ of habeas corpus complaining of his pretrial confinement in a criminal cause. The courts of appeals have no original habeas corpus jurisdiction in criminal matters. See Ater v. Eighth Court of Appeals, 802 S.W.2d 241, 243 (Tex.Crim.App. 1991); Ex parte Hearon, 3 S.W.3d 650, 650 (Tex.App.--Waco 1999, orig. proceeding); Dodson v. State, 988 S.W.2d 833, 835 (Tex.App.--San Antonio 1999, no pet.); Ex parte Hawkins, 885 S.W.2d 586, 588 (Tex.App.--El Paso 1994, orig. proceeding). Accordingly, Mr. Sweed s petition for a writ of habeas corpus is dismissed for lack of jurisdiction.
December 21, 2006
ANN CRAWFORD McCLURE, Justice
Before Chew, C.J., McClure, and Carr, JJ.
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