Ex parte Nicholas V. Blair (memorandum opinion per curiam)

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In The Court of Appeals Seventh District of Texas at Amarillo No. 07-22-00254-CR EX PARTE NICHOLAS V. BLAIR ORIGINAL PROCEEDING ON APPLICATION FOR WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS September 8, 2022 MEMORANDUM OPINION Before QUINN, C.J., and PARKER and DOSS, JJ. Nicholas V. Blair, proceeding pro se, has filed his Request for [Rescission] of Indictment Bill, which we have construed as an application for writ of habeas corpus asking this court to strike the indictment pending against him. Intermediate courts of appeals, however, do not have original habeas corpus jurisdiction in criminal law matters. See TEX. GOV’T CODE ANN. § 22.221(d) (limiting original habeas jurisdiction of intermediate appellate courts to civil cases); Ex parte Hawkins, 885 S.W.2d 586, 588–89 (Tex. App.—El Paso 1994, orig. proceeding) (per curiam). That jurisdiction rests, instead, with the Court of Criminal Appeals, the district courts, and the county courts. See TEX. CODE CRIM. PROC. ANN. arts. 11.05, 11.08, 11.09; Ex parte Hawkins, 885 S.W.2d at 588. For these reasons, we dismiss Blair’s application for writ of habeas corpus for want of jurisdiction. Per Curiam Do not publish. 2

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