Opinion
NO. 03-14-00292-CR
08-08-2014
Ex parte Alberto Garcia
FROM THE DISTRICT COURT OF TRAVIS COUNTY, 167TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT NO. D-1-DC-04-900606-A, THE HONORABLE P. DAVID WAHLBERG, JUDGE PRESIDING
MEMORANDUM OPINION
Appellant Alberto Garcia has filed a pro se notice of appeal of the trial court's "adverse ruling entered March 31, 2014," referring to the trial court's findings of fact and recommendation for the denial of relief entered in response to appellant's application for writ of habeas corpus pursuant to Article 11.07 of the Texas Code of Criminal Procedure. See Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 11.07 (procedure for application for writ of habeas corpus).
Article 11.07 vests complete jurisdiction over post-conviction relief from final felony convictions in the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals. See id. § 5; Board of Pardons & Paroles ex rel. Keene v. Court of Appeals for Eighth Dist., 910 S.W.2d 481, 483 (Tex. Crim. App. 1995); Ex parte Williams, 239 S.W.3d 859, 862 (Tex. App.—Austin 2007, no pet.); see also Padieu v. Court of Appeals of Tex., Fifth Dist., 392 S.W.3d 115, 117 (Tex. Crim. App. 2013). The intermediate courts of appeals have no jurisdiction in criminal law matters pertaining to proceedings initiated under article 11.07. See Smith v. State, No. 03-13-00680-CR, 2013 WL 6002779, at *1 (Tex. App.—Austin Nov. 6, 2013, no pet.) (mem. op.) (not designated for publication); In re Briscoe, 230 S.W.3d 196 (Tex. App.—Houston [14th Dist.] 2006, orig. proceeding); In re McAfee, 53 S.W.3d 715, 718 (Tex. App.—Houston [1st Dist.] 2001, orig. proceeding); cf. Padieu, 392 S.W.3d at 117-18.
Accordingly, we dismiss this appeal for want of jurisdiction.
We also note that the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals denied relief on appellant's application for writ of habeas corpus on April 23, 2014, one week before the instant notice of appeal was filed in this Court. See Official Site of the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, http://www.search.txcourts.gov/Case.aspx?cn=WR-81,186-01 (last visited July 28, 2014).
/s/_________
J. Woodfin Jones, Chief Justice
Before Chief Justice Jones, Justices Rose and Goodwin Dismissed for Want of Jurisdiction Filed: August 8, 2014 Do Not Publish