In Re Keonte Kishon Reescano v. the State of Texas

Opinion issued February 12, 2026

In The

Court of Appeals
For The

First District of Texas
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NO. 01-26-00056-CR
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IN RE KEONTE KISHON REESCANO, Relator

Original Proceeding on Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus

MEMORANDUM OPINION

On January 14, 2026, Keonte Kishon Reescano filed a pretrial petition for writ

of habeas corpus referencing Articles 11.05 and 11.08 of the Texas Code of Criminal

Procedure. See TEX. CODE CRIM. PROC. arts. 11.05 (providing Texas Court of

Criminal Appeals, district courts, county courts, and judges of those courts power to

issue writ of habeas corpus), 11.08 (governing pre-trial habeas petition by applicants
charged with felony).1 Reescano’s habeas petition is addressed to the Texas Court

of Criminal Appeals but was mistakenly mailed to the First Court of Appeals.

Because our Court lacks original habeas jurisdiction in criminal matters, we

dismiss this original proceeding for lack of jurisdiction. See TEX. GOV’T CODE

§ 22.221(d) (original habeas jurisdiction of courts of appeal is limited to cases in

which person’s liberty is restrained because person violated order, judgment, or

decree entered in civil case); Chavez v. State, 132 S.W.3d 509, 510 (Tex. App.—

Houston [1st Dist.] 2004, no pet.).2 Pursuant to Texas Rule of Appellate Procedure

9.2(a)(1), we order the Clerk of this Court to deliver the habeas petition to the Clerk

of the Court for the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals.

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The underlying case is Ex Parte Keonte Kishon Reescano, cause number 1916100
in the 185th District Court of Harris County, Texas, the Honorable Andrea Beall
presiding.
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Our habeas corpus jurisdiction in criminal matters is appellate only. See TEX. GOV’T
CODE § 22.221(d); Ex parte Denby, 627 S.W.2d 435, 435 (Tex. App.—Houston [1st
Dist.] 1981, orig. proceeding). On August 1, 2025, our Court affirmed the trial
court’s denial of Reescano’s pre-trial application for writ of habeas corpus. See Ex
parte Reescano, No. 01-25-00448-CR, 2025 WL 2201385, at *6 (Tex. App.—
Houston [1st Dist.] Aug. 1, 2025, no pet.) (mem. op., not designated for
publication). Reescano’s motion for rehearing was denied on September 16, 2025,
and our mandate issued on November 26, 2025. Reescano’s petition in this original
proceeding challenges the trial court’s denial of his pre-trial habeas application and
our Court’s subsequent affirmance of the denial. To the extent that Reescano seeks
to further challenge the trial court’s denial of his pre-trial habeas application, our
Court lacks any further appellate jurisdiction to consider an appeal from the denial.

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PER CURIAM
Panel consists of Justices Rivas-Molloy, Guiney, and Morgan.

Do not publish. TEX. R. APP. P. 47.2(b).

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