Ex Parte Terry Lee Richardson v. the State of Texas ( 2024 )

In The
Court of Appeals
Seventh District of Texas at Amarillo
No. 07-24-00225-CR
EX PARTE TERRY LEE RICHARDSON
ORGINAL PROCEEDING
July 12, 2024
MEMORANDUM OPINION
Before QUINN, C.J., and PARKER and YARBROUGH, JJ.
Terry Lee Richardson, proceeding pro se, filed a document with this Court
challenging his pretrial confinement on pending criminal charges and requesting a
reduction of his bond. We construe the document as a pretrial application for writ of
habeas corpus.
Intermediate courts of appeals 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
instead rests 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.
Consequently, we dismiss Richardson’s application for writ of habeas corpus for
want of jurisdiction.
Per Curiam
Do not publish.
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