Ex Parte Frederick Dewayne Marsh v. the State of Texas

• Court: Court of Appeals of Texas
• Decided: August 20, 2024
• Docket: 07-24-00266-CR
• Status: Published

Opinion

In The Court of Appeals Seventh District of Texas at Amarillo

No. 07-24-00266-CR

EX PARTE FREDERICK DEWAYNE MARSH

ORIGINAL PROCEEDING

August 20, 2024 MEMORANDUM OPINION Before PARKER and DOSS and YARBROUGH, JJ.

Fredrick Dewayne Marsh, proceeding pro se, filed a “Motion to Set Aside

Judgment” in this Court seeking post-conviction relief from his final felony conviction. See

Marsh v. State, No. 07-22-00141-CR, 2023 Tex. App. LEXIS 2850, at *2 (Tex. App.—

Amarillo Apr. 28, 2023, no pet.) (affirming Marsh’s conviction for forgery). We construe

the document as an application for writ of habeas corpus.

Intermediate courts of appeals do not have original habeas corpus jurisdiction in

criminal law matters. See TEX. GOV’T CODE ANN. § 22.221(d) (limiting original habeas

jurisdiction of intermediate appellate courts to civil cases); Ex parte Hawkins, 885 S.W.2d

586, 588–89 (Tex. App.—El Paso 1994, orig. proceeding) (per curiam). That jurisdiction instead rests with the Court of Criminal Appeals, the district courts, and the county courts.

See TEX. CODE CRIM. PROC. ANN. art. 11.05; Ex parte Hawkins, 885 S.W.2d at 588. Only

the Court of Criminal Appeals has authority to grant post-conviction habeas relief in felony

cases. See TEX. CODE CRIM. PROC. ANN. art. 11.07, § 3(a); Ex parte Alexander, 685

S.W.2d 57, 60 (Tex. Crim. App. 1985).

For these reasons, we dismiss Marsh’s application for writ of habeas corpus for

want of jurisdiction.1

Per Curiam

Do not publish.

1 Marsh may be entitled to habeas relief by filing an application for writ of habeas corpus with the

clerk of the court in which the conviction being challenged was obtained, returnable to the Court of Criminal Appeals. See TEX. CODE CRIM. PROC. ANN. art. 11.07. 2