In Re Basil Emil Haamid Appeal from County Court at Law No 1 of Montgomery County (memorandum opinion per curiam)

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In The Court of Appeals Ninth District of Texas at Beaumont ____________________ NO. 09-15-00512-CR ____________________ IN RE BASIL EMIL HAAMID _______________________________________________________ ______________ Original Proceeding County Court at Law No. 1 of Montgomery County, Texas Trial Cause No. 14-298083 ________________________________________________________ _____________ MEMORANDUM OPINION On December 11, 2015, this Court received an original application for a writ of habeas corpus filed on behalf of Basil Emil Haamid, seeking his release from an alleged confinement in a criminal case. This Court lacks original habeas corpus jurisdiction in criminal cases. Ex parte Hawkins, 885 S.W.2d 586, 588-89 (Tex. App.—El Paso 1994, orig. proceeding); see also Tex. Code Crim. Proc. Ann. art. 11.05 (West 2015); Tex. Gov’t Code Ann. § 22.221(d) (West 2004) (Court of Appeals has original jurisdiction to issue a writ of habeas corpus in cases in which the person’s liberty is restrained because the trial court has found that the person 1 violated an order, judgment, or decree entered in a civil case.). According to the petition, Haamid’s complaint arises from a criminal prosecution. Accordingly, we dismiss the petition for writ of habeas corpus for want of jurisdiction. PETITION DISMISSED. PER CURIAM Submitted on December 28, 2015 Opinion Delivered January 13, 2016 Do Not Publish Before McKeithen, C.J., Kreger and Horton, JJ. 2

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