in Re: Tony Ray Jones ( 2005 )

COURT OF APPEALS

COURT OF APPEALS

EIGHTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS

EL PASO, TEXAS

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                                                                              )               No.  08-05-00238-CR

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EX PARTE:  TONY RAY JONES                        )                    AN ORIGINAL

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                                                                              )     PROCEEDING IN MANDAMUS

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O P I N I O N

Tony Ray Jones has filed an application for a writ of habeas corpus, seeking relief from a felony conviction.  This Court does not have original habeas jurisdiction in criminal matters.  See Ater v. Eighth Court of Appeals, 802 S.W.2d 241, 243 (Tex.Crim.App. 1991); Ex parte Hearon, 3 S.W.3d 650, 650 (Tex.App.--Waco 1999, orig. proceeding); Dodson v. State, 988 S.W.2d 833, 835 (Tex.App.--San Antonio 1999, no pet.); Ex parte Hawkins, 885 S.W.2d 586, 588 (Tex.App.--El Paso 1994, orig. proceeding).  Therefore, the application for a writ of habeas corpus is dismissed for lack of jurisdiction.

July 28, 2005

DAVID WELLINGTON CHEW, Justice

Before Barajas, C.J., McClure, and Chew, JJ.

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