Ex Parte Mark Jerome Pool v. the State of Texas

• Court: Texas Court of Appeals, 10th District (Waco)
• Decided: January 8, 2026
• Docket: 10-25-00475-CR
• Status: Published

Opinion

Court of Appeals Tenth Appellate District of Texas

10-25-00475-CR

Ex parte Mark Jerome Pool

Original Proceeding

JUSTICE SMITH delivered the opinion of the Court.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

Mark Jerome Pool, proceeding pro se, filed an application for writ of

habeas corpus with this Court claiming that he has been denied “a nunc pro

tunc order,” his right to an examining trial, and his “right to compel

arbitration.” Pool also asserts that several of his constitutional rights have

been violated.

Intermediate appellate courts do not have original habeas corpus

jurisdiction in criminal law matters. See TEX. GOV’T CODE ANN. § 22.221(d).

Jurisdiction to grant a writ of habeas corpus in a criminal case vests with the

Court of Criminal Appeals, the district courts, the county courts, or any judge

in those courts. See TEX. CODE CRIM. PROC. ANN. art. 11.05; Ex parte Braswell,

630 S.W.3d 600, 601-02 (Tex. App.—Waco 2021, orig. proceeding). Accordingly, we dismiss Pool’s application for writ of habeas

corpus for want of jurisdiction.

STEVE SMITH Justice

OPINION DELIVERED and FILED: January 8, 2026 Before Chief Justice Johnson, Justice Smith, and Justice Harris Dismissed Do not publish OT06

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