Ex Parte Terry Lee Richardson v. the State of Texas

In The
Court of Appeals
Seventh District of Texas at Amarillo

No. 07-24-00225-CR

EX PARTE TERRY LEE RICHARDSON

ORGINAL PROCEEDING

July 12, 2024
MEMORANDUM OPINION
Before QUINN, C.J., and PARKER and YARBROUGH, JJ.

Terry Lee Richardson, proceeding pro se, filed a document with this Court

challenging his pretrial confinement on pending criminal charges and requesting a

reduction of his bond. We construe the document as a pretrial application for writ of

habeas corpus.

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. arts. 11.05, 11.08, 11.09; Ex parte Hawkins, 885 S.W.2d

at 588.

Consequently, we dismiss Richardson’s application for writ of habeas corpus for

want of jurisdiction.

Per Curiam

Do not publish.

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