Ex Parte Delfino Molina Ayala Jr.

Opinion

NUMBER 13-22-00266-CR

COURT OF APPEALS

THIRTEENTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS

CORPUS CHRISTI — EDINBURG ____________________________________________________________

EX PARTE DELFINO MOLINA AYALA JR. ____________________________________________________________

On appeal from the 105th District Court of KIeberg County, Texas. ____________________________________________________________

MEMORANDUM OPINION Before Chief Justice Contreras and Justices Longoria and Tijerina Memorandum Opinion by Justice Tijerina

Appellant, Delfino Molina Ayala Jr., filed a post-conviction application for writ of

habeas corpus at the district court, pursuant to article 11.07 of the Texas Code of Criminal

Procedure. On May 17, 2022, the trial court issued findings of fact and conclusions of law

and denied the application for writ of habeas corpus. Appellant now seeks to appeal the

order denying habeas corpus relief.

Jurisdiction to grant post-conviction habeas corpus relief in felony cases rests

exclusively with the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals. Tex. Code Crim. Proc. Ann. art.

11.07, § 5; Bd. of Pardons & Paroles ex rel. Keene v. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Dist., 910 S.W.2d 481, 483 (Tex. Crim. App. 1995); In re McAfee, 53 S.W.3d 715, 717–

18 (Tex. App.—Houston [1st Dist.] 2001, orig. proceeding). Accordingly, we are without

jurisdiction to grant the requested relief.

Therefore, this appeal is dismissed for want of jurisdiction. Furthermore,

appellant’s pending motion requesting an extension to respond to the Court’s defect

notice, is dismissed as moot.

JAIME TIJERINA Justice

Do not publish. See TEX. R. APP. P. 47.2(b).

Delivered and filed on the 18th day of August, 2022.