Ex Parte Deon Kingston v. the State of Texas

In the Court of Appeals Second Appellate District of Texas at Fort Worth ___________________________ No. 02-24-00440-CR No. 02-24-00441-CR ___________________________ Ex parte Deon Kingston

On Appeal from the 158th District Court Denton County, Texas Trial Court Nos. F15-2002-158, F15-2684-158

Before Sudderth, C.J.; Kerr and Birdwell, JJ.

Memorandum Opinion by Chief Justice Sudderth MEMORANDUM OPINION Appellant Deon Kingston sought postconviction habeas corpus relief from his felony convictions, and the trial court entered two orders recommending denial of the writ applications. See generally Tex. Code Crim. Proc. Ann. art. 11.07. Kingston attempts to appeal from these two orders. But “[t]his court has no jurisdiction over postconviction applications for writs of habeas corpus in felony cases.”1 Ex parte Ngo, No. 02-16-00425-CR, 2016 WL 7405836, at *1 (Tex. App.—Fort Worth Dec. 22, 2016, no pet.) (mem. op., not designated for publication); see Tex. Code Crim. Proc.

Ann. art. 11.07, § 3(a) (“After final conviction in any felony case, the writ must be made returnable to the Court of Criminal Appeals . . . .”); Ex parte Cole, No. 02-24- 00154-CR, 2024 WL 3611011, at *1 (Tex. App.—Fort Worth Aug. 1, 2024, no pet.) (per curiam) (mem. op, not designated for publication) (“[O]nly the Court of Criminal Appeals may consider postconviction habeas corpus relief under Article 11.07.”).

Kingston cannot correct this jurisdictional flaw by amendment. Cf. Tex. R. App. P. 44.3.

Accordingly, we dismiss Kingston’s appeals for want of jurisdiction. See Tex. R. App. P. 43.2(f).

/s/ Bonnie Sudderth Bonnie Sudderth Chief Justice Do Not Publish Tex. R. App. P. 47.2(b) Delivered: January 23, 2025