Ex Parte Garlynn Thibodeaux v. the State of Texas

• Court: Court of Appeals of Texas
• Decided: July 29, 2024
• Docket: 07-24-00238-CR
• Status: Published

Opinion

In The Court of Appeals Seventh District of Texas at Amarillo

No. 07-24-00238-CR

EX PARTE GARLYNN THIBODEAUX

ORIGINAL PROCEEDING

July 29, 2024 MEMORANDUM OPINION Before QUINN, C.J., and PARKER and YARBROUGH, JJ.

Garlynn Thibodeaux, proceeding pro se, filed a “Motion to Enter Nunc Pro Tunc

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

Thibodeaux v. State, 521 S.W.3d 421, 426 (Tex. App.—Amarillo 2017, pet. ref’d)

(affirming Thibodeaux’s conviction for unlawful possession of a firearm). 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 Thibodeaux’s application for writ of habeas corpus

for want of jurisdiction. 1

Per Curiam

Do not publish.

1 Thibodeaux 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.