In Re D. C. v. the State of Texas ( 2023 )

TEXAS COURT OF APPEALS, THIRD DISTRICT, AT AUSTIN
NO. 03-23-00292-CV
In re D. C.
ORIGINAL PROCEEDING FROM BELL COUNTY
MEMORANDUM OPINION
Relator has filed a petition for writ of habeas corpus complaining of ineffective
assistance of counsel and lack of knowing and voluntary waiver of the right to a trial preceding
her entry into a written plea agreement with the State of Texas, under which she plead true to
charges of delinquent conduct and received a determinate sentence of 20 years confinement.
Having reviewed the petition and the record provided, we dismiss the petition for want of
jurisdiction. See Tex. R. App. P. 52.8(a). Although we have appellate jurisdiction to review a
trial court’s order denying habeas relief, see Ex parte Valle, 104 S.W.3d 888, 890 (Tex. Crim.
App. 2003), we do not have original jurisdiction in habeas cases except in very narrow
circumstances not implicated here. See Tex. Gov’t Code Ann. § 22.221(d); see also In re Reece,
341 S.W.3d 360, 364 n.3 (Tex. 2011) (orig. proceeding); In re J.M.W., No. 12–17–00043–CV,
2017 WL 513056, at *1 (Tex. App.—Tyler Feb. 8, 2017, orig. proceeding) (mem. op.).
Accordingly, the petition is dismissed.
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Darlene Byrne, Chief Justice
Before Chief Justice Byrne, Justices Triana and Theofanis
Filed: June 13, 2023
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