Ex Parte Alfred West, Jr. v. the State of Texas

Fourth Court of Appeals San Antonio, Texas MEMORANDUM OPINION No. 04-25-00661-CR EX PARTE Alfred WEST, Jr. Original Proceeding 1 PER CURIAM Sitting: Irene Rios, Justice Adrian A. Spears, II, Justice H. Todd McCray, Justice Delivered and Filed: October 22, 2025 PETITION FOR WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS DISMISSED Petitioner filed his original petition for writ of habeas corpus in this court on October 15, 2025. Petitioner seeks habeas relief in a criminal law matter.

Intermediate courts of appeal do not have original habeas jurisdiction in criminal law matters. See TEX. GOV’T CODE ANN. § 22.221(d) (original habeas jurisdiction of the courts of appeals is limited to cases in which a person’s liberty is restrained because they violated an order, judgment, or decree entered in civil case); see also TEX. CODE CRIM. PROC. ANN. ART. 11.05 (granting exclusive jurisdiction to consider original petitions for writs of habeas corpus to the court of criminal appeals, the district courts, county courts, and judges sitting on such courts). The

This proceeding arises out of Cause No. 24-0857-CR-A, styled State of Texas v. Alfred West, Jr., pending in the 25th Judicial District Court, Guadalupe County, Texas, the Honorable Jessica Crawford presiding.

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Court’s jurisdiction to consider habeas petitions in criminal matters is appellate only. TEX. GOV’T CODE ANN. § 22.221(d). As such, we lack jurisdiction in this matter. Id.; In re Neal, 653 S.W.3d 346, 346 (Tex. App.—Dallas 2022, orig. proceeding); In re Spriggs, 528 S.W.3d 234, 236 (Tex. App.—Amarillo 2017, orig. proceeding).

The Court, having considered the petition, the record, and applicable law, concludes that we lack jurisdiction to issue the requested relief. See TEX. GOV’T CODE ANN. § 22.221(d); In re Neal, 653 S.W.3d at 346; In re Spriggs, 528 S.W.3d at 236. Accordingly, we DISMISS this original proceeding for lack of jurisdiction.

PER CURIAM DO NOT PUBLISH

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