Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, 2014

in Re: Kenneth Hall

in Re: Kenneth Hall
Court of Civil Appeals of Texas · Decided February 26, 2014

in Re: Kenneth Hall

Opinion

Dismiss and Opinion Filed February 26, 2014.

S In The Court of Appeals Fifth District of Texas at Dallas No. 05-14-00211-CV IN RE KENNETH HALL, Relator Original Proceeding from the 194th Judicial District Court Dallas County, Texas Trial Court Cause No. F09-71471-HPM MEMORANDUM OPINION Before Justices O'Neill, Lang, and Brown Opinion by Justice Lang Before the Court is relator’s post-conviction petition for writ of habeas corpus complaining that he was convicted based on evidence obtained from an unlawful arrest and from an unconstitutional search and seizure and that he was denied assistance of counsel. The facts and issues are well known to the parties, so we need not recount them herein. This Court lacks jurisdiction over post-conviction writs of habeas corpus in felony cases. See TEX. CODE CRIM.

PROC. ANN. art. 11.07 (West Supp. 2010); In re Hampton, No. 05-07-00440-CV, 2007 WL 1168446 at *1 (Tex. App.–Dallas Apr. 20, 2007, orig. proceeding) (mem. op.). Accordingly, we DISMISS the petition for writ of habeas corpus.

/Douglas S. Lang/ 140211F.P05 DOUGLAS LANG JUSTICE

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