In Re Joseph Kelly Dingler Appeal from 439th Judicial District Court of Rockwall County (memorandum opinion)

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DISMISS and Opinion Filed December 30, 2019 S In The Court of Appeals Fifth District of Texas at Dallas No. 05-19-01510-CR No. 05-19-01512-CR No. 05-19-01542-CR No. 05-19-01543-CR IN RE JOSEPH KELLY DINGLER Original Proceeding from the 439th Judicial District Court Rockwall County, Texas Trial Court Cause Nos. 2-19-0859, 2-19-0860, 2-19-0763 & 2-19-0764 MEMORANDUM OPINION Before Justices Osborne, Partida-Kipness, and Pedersen, III Opinion by Justice Pedersen, III Joseph Kelly Dingler filed original applications for writ of habeas corpus in this Court challenging his confinement and the trial court’s jurisdiction and asking for his immediate release and the return of all his personal property. We do not have jurisdiction to consider an original application for writ of habeas corpus filed in a criminal proceeding. See TEX. CODE CRIM. PROC. ANN. art. 11.05; TEX. GOV’T CODE ANN. § 22.221(d); In re Ayers, 515 S.W.3d 356, 356–57 (Tex. App.—Houston [14th Dist.] 2016, orig. proceeding) (per curiam); see also Ortiz v. State, 299 S.W.3d 930, 932 (Tex. App.—Amarillo 2009, orig. proceeding) (court of appeals does not have original habeas jurisdiction of bail issues). Accordingly, we dismiss these appeals for want of jurisdiction. Do Not Publish TEX. R. APP. P. 47.2(b) 191510F.U05 /Bill Pedersen, III/ BILL PEDERSEN. III JUSTICE

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