In Re Bryant L Woods v. the State of Texas

Opinion issued January 22, 2026

In The

Court of Appeals
For The

First District of Texas
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NO. 01-26-00071-CR
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IN RE BRYANT L. WOODS, Relator

Original Proceeding on Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus

MEMORANDUM OPINION

Relator Bryant L. Woods, incarcerated and proceeding pro se, has filed an

application for a writ of habeas corpus in this Court.1 See TEX. GOV’T CODE

§ 22.221; see also TEX. R. APP. P. 52. In his petition, relator asks this court to

discharge him from custody or to alternatively reduce his bail.

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The underlying case is State of Texas v. Bryant L. Woods, cause number 1777024,
pending in the 262nd District Court of Harris County, Texas, the Honorable Lori
Chambers Gray presiding.
The courts of appeal have no original habeas-corpus jurisdiction in criminal

matters. In re Ayers, 515 S.W.3d 356, 356 (Tex. App.—Houston [14th Dist.] 2016,

orig. proceeding) (citing TEX. GOV’T CODE § 22.221(d)). Original jurisdiction to

grant a writ of habeas corpus in a criminal case is vested in the Texas Court of

Criminal Appeals, the district courts, the county courts, or a judge in those courts.

Id. (citing TEX. CODE CRIM. PROC. art. 11.05). Therefore, this court does not have

original habeas corpus jurisdiction over relator’s complaints. See id.; Ortiz v. State,

299 S.W.3d 930, 932 (Tex. App.—Amarillo 2009, orig. proceeding) (holding court

of appeals did not have jurisdiction in original proceeding to consider challenge to

denial of bail and dismissing petition for writ of habeas corpus).

Accordingly, relator’s petition is dismissed for lack of jurisdiction.

PER CURIAM

Panel consists of Chief Justice Adams and Justices Gunn and Johnson.

Do not publish.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

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