Ex Parte Juan Thomas Garza v. the State of Texas

In The
Court of Appeals
Seventh District of Texas at Amarillo

No. 07-24-00194-CR

EX PARTE JUAN THOMAS GARZA

ORIGINAL PROCEEDING

June 4, 2024
MEMORANDUM OPINION
Before PARKER and DOSS and YARBROUGH, JJ.

Juan Thomas Garza, proceeding pro se, filed a document with this Court titled

“Motion for Injunction Relief.” Therein, he requests dismissal of his pending criminal

charges and release from the Lubbock County Detention Center. We have construed the

document as a pretrial 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 Garza’s application for writ of habeas corpus for want

of jurisdiction.

Per Curiam

Do not publish.

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