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Lowell Quincy Green v. State ( 2017 )


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  •                         IN THE
TENTH COURT OF APPEALS
No. 10-17-00304-CR
LOWELL QUINCY GREEN,
Appellant
v.
THE STATE OF TEXAS,
Appellee
From the 54th District Court
McLennan County, Texas
Trial Court No. 2012-790-C2
and
IN THE
TENTH COURT OF APPEALS
No. 10-17-00327-CR
EX PARTE LOWELL QUINCY GREEN,
Appellant
From the 54th District Court
McLennan County, Texas
Trial Court No. 2012-709-C2
and
IN THE
TENTH COURT OF APPEALS
No. 10-17-00328-CR
EX PARTE LOWELL QUINCY GREEN,
Appellant
From the 54th District Court
McLennan County, Texas
Trial Court No. 2012-791-C2
MEMORANDUM OPINION
In appellate cause numbers 10-17-00304-CR, 10-17-00327-CR, and 10-17-00328-CR,
Lowell Quincy Green filed two “writ of error” proceedings and another proceeding
seeking to quash the indictments and reverse his convictions in trial court cause numbers
2012-709-C2, 2012-790-C2, and 2012-791-C2. The Court of Criminal Appeals and this
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Court have recognized that “the exclusive post-conviction remedy in final felony
convictions in Texas courts is through a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to [article] 11.07.”
Olivo v. State,
    918 S.W.2d 519
    , 525 n.8 (Tex. Crim. App. 1996); see TEX. CODE CRIM. PROC.
ANN. art. 11.07 (West 2015); Ex parte Mendenhall,
    209 S.W.3d 260
    , 261 (Tex. App.—Waco
2006, no pet.); see also Ex parte Beard, No. 10-15-00252-CR, 2015 Tex. App. LEXIS 8522, at
*2 (Tex. App.—Waco Aug. 13, 2015, orig. proceeding). Moreover, only the Court of
Criminal Appeals has jurisdiction over post-conviction writs of habeas corpus in felony
cases. See Bd. of Pardons & Paroles ex rel. Keene v. Court of Appeals for Eighth Dist.,
    910 S.W.2d 481
    , 483 (Tex. Crim. App. 1995); Ater v. Eighth Court of Appeals,
    802 S.W.2d 241
    , 243 (Tex.
Crim. App. 1991); see also Ex parte Beard, 2015 Tex. App. LEXIS 8522, at **1-2.
Because we have no jurisdiction over post-conviction habeas-corpus proceedings
in felony cases, we dismiss Green’s proceedings in appellate cause numbers 10-17-00304-
CR, 10-17-00327-CR, and 10-17-00328-CR. See TEX. CODE CRIM. PROC. ANN. art. 11.07;
    Olivo, 918 S.W.2d at 525 
    n.8; Ex parte
    Mendenhall, 209 S.W.3d at 261
    ; see also Ex parte Beard,
2015 Tex. App. LEXIS 8522, at **1-2.
AL SCOGGINS
Justice
Green v. State & Ex parte Green                                                            Page 3
Before Chief Justice Gray,
Justice Davis, and
Justice Scoggins
Appeals dismissed
Opinion delivered and filed October 25, 2017
Do not publish
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