Ex Parte Fabbian Donta Scott

• Court: Court of Appeals of Texas
• Decided: August 31, 2022
• Docket: 09-22-00234-CR
• Status: Published

Opinion

In The

Court of Appeals

Ninth District of Texas at Beaumont

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NO. 09-22-00234-CR NO. 09-22-00235-CR __________________

EX PARTE FABBIAN DONTA SCOTT

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Original Proceeding Criminal District Court of Jefferson County, Texas Trial Cause Nos. 21-36748 and 21-36749 __________________________________________________________________

MEMORANDUM OPINION

Fabbian Donta Scott filed two original applications seeking a writ

of habeas corpus, and he asked that this Court conduct an evidentiary

hearing into the lawfulness of his pre-trial confinement in two pending

cases. In cases that arise from a criminal court that resulted from the

defendant’s indictment, the intermediate appellate courts lack original

habeas corpus jurisdiction and do not possess the power to issue writs of

1 habeas corpus. 1 Accordingly, we dismiss the petitions without reference

to their merits.

PETITIONS DISMISSED.

PER CURIAM

Submitted on August 30, 2022 Opinion Delivered August 31, 2022 Do Not Publish

Before Golemon, C.J., Horton and Johnson, JJ.

1Ex parte Hawkins, 885 S.W.2d 586, 588–89 (Tex. App.—El Paso 1994, orig. proceeding); Tex. Code Crim. Proc. Ann. art. 11.05. 2