Ex Parte Roy Clemon Tunis III v. the State of Texas

In The
Court of Appeals
Seventh District of Texas at Amarillo
No. 07-23-00071-CR
EX PARTE ROY CLEMON TUNIS III
ORIGINAL PROCEEDING ON APPLICATION FOR WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS
March 2, 2023
MEMORANDUM OPINION
Before QUINN, C.J., and PARKER and YARBROUGH, JJ.
Roy Clemon Tunis III, proceeding pro se, has filed documents with this Court
seeking release from pretrial confinement in his pending criminal case. We construe the
documents as an application for writ of habeas corpus. However, 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. art. 11.05, 11.08, 11.09; Ex parte Hawkins, 885 S.W.2d at 588.
Accordingly, we dismiss Tunis’s application for writ of habeas corpus for want of
jurisdiction.
Per Curiam
Do not publish.
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