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In The Court of Appeals Seventh District of Texas at Amarillo No. 07-17-00330-CR EX PARTE MICHAEL LEE PRICE ORIGINAL PROCEEDING September 19, 2017 MEMORANDUM OPINION Before CAMPBELL and PIRTLE and PARKER, JJ. Appearing pro se, applicant Michael Lee Price filed an application for writ of habeas corpus with this Court seeking to set aside a final felony conviction.1 An intermediate court of appeals does not have original habeas corpus jurisdiction in criminal law matters. See TEX. GOV’T CODE ANN. § 22.221(d) (West 2004) (original habeas corpus jurisdiction of intermediate courts of appeals is limited to civil matters); Watson v. State, 96 S.W.3d 497, 500 (Tex. App.—Amarillo 2002, pet. refused) (citing Ex parte Hawkins, 885 S.W.2d 586, 588 (Tex. App.—El Paso 1994, orig. proceeding) (per curiam)). Instead, habeas jurisdiction in criminal proceedings rests 1 Although the application is addressed to this Court, it appears on a form used to pursue habeas relief in federal courts. with the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, the district courts, and the county courts. TEX. CODE CRIM. PROC. ANN. art. 11.05 (West 2015); Watson, 96 S.W.3d at 500. Accordingly, we dismiss Price’s application for writ of habeas corpus for want of jurisdiction. Per Curiam Do not publish. 2

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