SPEER, WILLIAM KEITH v. the State of Texas

In the Court of Criminal
Appeals of Texas
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No. AP-77,119
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EX PARTE WILLIAM KEITH SPEER,
Applicant

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On Direct Appeal from Denial of Application for Writ
of Habeas Corpus Filed Under Article I, Section 12 of the Texas
Constitution and Article 11.05 of the Texas Code of Criminal
Procedure in Cause No. 99F0506-005 in the 5th Judicial District
Court of Bowie County
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YEARY, J., filed a concurring opinion.

I agree with the Court’s opinion in this matter—with one caveat.
I understand the Court to be saying only that if the remedy Appellant
seeks in this case is to be through an application for writ of habeas
corpus (as opposed to some other extraordinary remedy), then he must
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seek his habeas corpus relief, not in a district court, but “in this Court
by invoking this Court’s original habeas jurisdiction.” Majority Opinion
at 12. I do not understand the Court’s stated limitation on the
availability of habeas corpus relief under the circumstances necessarily
to preclude Appellant from seeking some other form of extraordinary
relief, such as by seeking an application for a writ of prohibition.
Whether such other non-habeas-corpus extraordinary writ process may
also be available to Appellant under the circumstances of this case is not
before us today. With that understanding, I join the Court’s opinion.

FILED: September 24, 2025
PUBLISH