Petitions for Writ of Habeas Corpus Dismissed for Want of Jurisdiction, and Memorandum Opinion filed August 5, 2008.

In The

Fourteenth Court of Appeals

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NO. 14-08-00646 -CV

NO. 14-08-00672 -CV

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IN RE JERRICO PROVOST, Relator

ORIGINAL PROCEEDINGS

WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS

M E M O R A N D U M   O P I N I O N

Relator Jerrico Provost, acting pro se, has filed two petitions for a writ of habeas corpus.  See Tex. Gov=t Code ' 22.221(d) (Vernon 2004); Tex. R. App. P. 52.  Relator asserts that he was incarcerated for possession of a controlled substance.  See generally Tex. Health & Safety Code Ann. ' 481.001, et seq. (Vernon 2003).  We dismiss both petitions for want of jurisdiction.

Our jurisdiction over original habeas corpus petitions is limited to contempt judgments in which a person=s liberty has been restrained because the person violated an order issued by a court in a civil case.  See Tex. Gov=t Code Ann. ' 22.221(d).  We do not have original habeas corpus jurisdiction in criminal matters.  See Dodson v. State, 988 S.W.2d 833, 835 (Tex. App.CSan Antonio 1999, no pet.).

Accordingly, as we are without jurisdiction to consider relator=s petitions for writ of habeas corpus, we must dismiss the petitions.

PER CURIAM

Petitions for Writ of Habeas Corpus Dismissed for Want of Jurisdiction, and Memorandum Opinion filed, August 5, 2008.

Panel consists of Justices Frost, Seymore, and Guzman.