COURT OF APPEALS

EIGHTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS

EL PASO, TEXAS

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                                                                              )                 No.  08-06-00026-CR

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IN RE:  LAWRENCE FEW                                  )                      AN ORIGINAL

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                                                                              )     HABEAS CORPUS PROCEEDING

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O P I N I O N

The opinion issued on March 9, 2006, is hereby withdrawn and the following is the opinion of the Court.

Lawrence Few has filed an application for a post conviction 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.

March 10, 2006

DAVID WELLINGTON CHEW, Justice

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

(Parks, J., Sitting by Assignment)

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