Ex Parte: Vera Elizabeth Guthrie-Nail ( 2021 )


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  • DISMISS and Opinion Filed June 18, 2021
    S  In The
    Court of Appeals
    Fifth District of Texas at Dallas
    No. 05-21-00442-CR
    EX PARTE VERA ELIZABETH GUTHRIE-NAIL
    On Appeal from the 401st Judicial District Court
    Collin County, Texas
    Trial Court Cause No. 401-80635-2012
    MEMORANDUM OPINION
    Before Chief Justice Burns, Justice Myers, and Justice Garcia
    Opinion by Chief Justice Burns
    Vera Elizabeth Guthrie-Nail filed an article 11.07 application writ for habeas
    corpus in the 401st Judicial District Court. The trial court recommended denying the
    application and ordered the clerk of the court to transmit a copy of the application,
    the State’s response, and the trial court’s order to the Texas Court of Criminal
    Appeals. On June 14, 2021, the Collin County District Clerk forwarded Vera
    Elizabeth Gutherie-Nail’s notice of appeal to this Court, along with the trial court’s
    findings of fact and conclusions of law.
    The habeas corpus procedure set out in article 11.07 of the Texas Code of
    Criminal Procedure provides the exclusive remedy for felony post-conviction relief
    in Texas state court. See TEX. CODE CRIM. PROC. ANN. art. 11.07, §§ 3(a), 5. Article
    11.07 vests jurisdiction over post-conviction relief from final felony convictions in
    the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals. See id. § 3(a); Padieu v. Court of Appeals of
    Tex., Fifth Dist., 
    392 S.W.3d 115
    , 117 (Tex. Crim. App. 2013); Hoang v. State, 
    872 S.W.2d 694
    , 697 (Tex. Crim. App. 1993). There is no role for the intermediate courts
    of appeals in the procedure set out in article 11.07. See TEX. CODE CRIM. PROC. ANN.
    art. 11.07, § 3; Ater v. Eight Court of Appeals, 
    802 S.W.2d 241
    , 243 (Tex. Crim.
    App. 1991) (orig. proceeding).
    Because we lack jurisdiction over this appeal, we direct the Collin County
    District Clerk to send a copy of the application, the State’s response, and the trial
    court’s order to the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals.
    We dismiss this appeal.
    /Robert D. Burns, III/
    ROBERT D. BURNS, III
    Do Not Publish                             CHIEF JUSTICE
    TEX. R. APP. P. 47.2(b)
    210442F.U05
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    S
    Court of Appeals
    Fifth District of Texas at Dallas
    JUDGMENT
    EX PARTE VERA ELIZABETH                     On Appeal from the 401st Judicial
    GUTHRIE-NAIL                                District Court, Collin County, Texas
    Trial Court Cause No. 401-80635-
    No. 05-21-00442-CR                          2012.
    Opinion delivered by Chief Justice
    Burns. Justices Myers and Garcia
    participating.
    Based on the Court’s opinion of this date, we DISMISS this appeal for want
    of jurisdiction.
    Judgment entered June 18, 2021
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Document Info

Docket Number: 05-21-00442-CR

Filed Date: 6/18/2021

Precedential Status: Precedential

Modified Date: 6/23/2021