Ex Parte LaCharles Curtis v. the State of Texas

In The
Court of Appeals
Seventh District of Texas at Amarillo

No. 07-24-00169-CR

EX PARTE LACHARLES CURTIS

ORIGINAL PROCEEDING

May 17, 2024
MEMORANDUM OPINION
Before PARKER and DOSS and YARBROUGH, JJ.

LaCharles Curtis, proceeding pro se, filed documents with this Court titled

“Injunction Relief in Improper Grand Jury Indictments,” requesting dismissal of his

pending criminal charges and release from incarceration. We have construed the

documents as an 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 Curtis’ application for writ of habeas corpus for want of

jurisdiction.

Per Curiam

Do not publish.

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