in Re Jammie L Jones

Opinion issued December 19, 2019
In The
Court of Appeals
For The
First District of Texas
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NO. 01-19-00959-CR
NO. 01-19-00960-CR
NO. 01-19-00961-CR
NO. 01-19-00962-CR
NO. 01-19-00963-CR
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IN RE JAMMIE L JONES, Relator
Original Proceeding on Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus
MEMORANDUM OPINION
Relator, Jammie L. Jones, acting pro se, has filed a “Petition for Writ of
Habeas Corpus to Dismiss Complaint and Indictment” in five pending criminal
cases.1
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The underlying cases are The State of Texas v. Jammie L. Jones, cause numbers
1635584, 1635585, 1635586, 1641829, and 1641830, pending in the 232nd District
Court of Harris County, Texas, the Honorable Joshua Hill presiding.
In criminal matters, this Court’s habeas corpus jurisdiction is appellate only,
and we do not have original habeas corpus jurisdiction. See Ex parte Denby, 627
S.W.2d 435, 435 (Tex. App.—Houston [1st Dist.] 1981, orig. proceeding); see also
Chavez v. State, 132 S.W.3d 509, 510 (Tex. App.—Houston [1st Dist.] 2004, no
pet.) (citing TEX. GOV’T CODE § 22.221) (“A court of appeals does not have original
habeas corpus jurisdiction in felony cases.”). We lack jurisdiction over this attempt
to seek pre-conviction habeas relief directly from this Court. In re Lozano, No. 14–
12–00049–CR, 2012 WL 274076, at *1 (Tex. App.—Houston [14th Dist.] Jan. 31,
2012, orig. proceeding) (“To the degree relator seeks release from custody, relator
is seeking pretrial habeas corpus relief over which this court does not have
jurisdiction.”) (citing Ater v. Eighth Court of Appeals, 802 S.W.2d 241, 243 (Tex.
Crim. App. 1991)).
Accordingly, we dismiss the habeas corpus petition for want of jurisdiction.
PER CURIAM
Panel consists of Chief Justice Radack and Justices Landau and Hightower.
Do not publish. TEX. R. APP. P. 47.2(b).
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