Ex Parte: Gentry S. Leonard

DISMISS and Opinion Filed August 22, 2019
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Court of Appeals
Fifth District of Texas at Dallas
No. 05-19-00891-CR
EX PARTE GENTRY S. LEONARD
On Appeal from the Criminal District Court No. 2
Dallas County, Texas
Trial Court Cause No. M18-62976-I
MEMORANDUM OPINION
Before Chief Justice Burns, Justice Myers, and Justice Pedersen, III
Opinion by Chief Justice Burns
Gentry S. Leonard filed an original application for writ of habeas corpus in this Court
complaining that he was being “unlawfully and illegally confined” by the trial court. We do not
have jurisdiction to consider an original application for writ of habeas corpus filed in a criminal
proceeding. See TEX. CODE CRIM. PROC. ANN. art. 11.05; TEX. GOV'T CODE ANN. § 22.221(d); In
re Ayers, 515 S.W.3d 356, 356–57 (Tex. App.—Houston [14th Dist.] 2016, orig. proceeding) (per
curiam).
Accordingly, we dismiss the appeal for want of jurisdiction.
/Robert D. Burns, III/
ROBERT D. BURNS, III
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Court of Appeals
Fifth District of Texas at Dallas
JUDGMENT
EX PARTE GENTRY S. LEONARD On Appeal from the Criminal District Court
No. 2, Dallas County, Texas
No. 05-19-00891-CR Trial Court Cause No. M1862976.
Opinion delivered by Chief Justice Burns,
Justices Myers and Pedersen, III
participating.
Based on the Court’s opinion of this date, we DISMISS this appeal.
Judgment entered August 22, 2019
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