In re Daniel Hoskins Appeal from 178th District Court of Harris County (memorandum opinion per curiam)

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Petitions for Writs of Habeas Corpus Dismissed and Memorandum Opinion filed March 15, 2022. In The Fourteenth Court of Appeals NO. 14-22-00122-CR NO. 14-22-00123-CR NO. 14-22-00124-CR NO. 14-22-00125-CR NO. 14-22-00126-CR IN RE DANIEL HOSKINS, Relator ORIGINAL PROCEEDINGS WRITS OF HABEAS CORPUS 178th District Court Harris County, Texas Trial Court Cause Nos. 1618216, 1628507, 1628513, 1628514 & 1705847 MEMORANDUM OPINION On February 24, 2022, relator Daniel Hoskins filed petitions for writs of habeas corpus in this court. See Tex. Gov’t Code Ann. § 22.221; see also Tex. R. App. P. 52. In the petitions, relator asks this court to reduce his bail. Original jurisdiction to grant an application for habeas corpus in a criminal case is vested in the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, the district courts, the county courts, or a judge in those courts. Tex. Code Crim. Proc. Ann. art. 11.05; Ex parte Hawkins, 885 S.W.3d 586, 588 (Tex. App.—El Paso 1994, orig. proceeding); see also Tex. Gov’t Code § 22.221(d) (providing that original habeas jurisdiction of courts of appeals is limited to cases in which a person’s liberty is restrained because individual violated order, judgment, or decree previously entered in civil case). Therefore, we do not have original habeas-corpus jurisdiction to consider complaints of excessive bail. See Ex parte Enrique, 2 S.W.3d 362, 363 & n.1 (Tex. App.— Waco 1999, no pet.) (holding court of appeals did not have jurisdiction of consider complaint of excessive bail); see also Ortiz v. State, 299 S.W.3d 930, 932 (Tex. App.—Amarillo 2009, orig. proceeding) (holding court of appeals did not have jurisdiction in original proceeding to consider challenge to denial of bail and dismissing petition for writ of habeas corpus). Accordingly, we dismiss relator’s petitions for writs of habeas corpus for want of jurisdiction. PER CURIAM Panel consists of Chief Justice Christopher and Justices Bourliot, Spain. Do Not Publish — Tex. R. App. P. 47.2(b). 2

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