Ex Parte Raymond Dominic Cozzi, Jr.

• Court: Court of Appeals of Texas
• Decided: April 29, 2004
• Docket: 02-04-00037-CR
• Status: Published

Opinion

COURT OF APPEALS

SECOND DISTRICT OF TEXAS
FORT WORTH

NO. 2-04-037-CR

 
 

EX PARTE

RAYMOND DOMINIC COZZI, JR.

 
 

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FROM THE 371^ST DISTRICT COURT OF TARRANT COUNTY

OPINION

        Appellant Raymond Dominic Cozzi, Jr. appeals from the trial court’s order dismissing his article 11.072 application for writ of habeas corpus as moot.¹  Article 11.072 provides that “the trial court shall enter a written order granting or denying the relief sought in the application.”²  An applicant may appeal from the denial of any or all relief.³  In this case, the trial court did not enter the statutorily mandated ruling but instead dismissed the application.  While Appellant could have very well filed a petition for a writ of mandamus in this court, requesting that the trial judge be ordered to rule on his application,⁴ he does not have the right to appeal from a dismissal of his application.⁵   We therefore dismiss this appeal for want of jurisdiction.

                                                                  LEE ANN DAUPHINOT
                                                                  JUSTICE

PANEL F:   LIVINGSTON, DAUPHINOT, and HOLMAN, JJ.

PUBLISH

DELIVERED: April 29, 2004

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NOTES

1.  Tex. Code Crim. Proc. Ann. art. 11.072 (Vernon Supp. 2004).

2.  Id. art. 11.072, § 6(a) (emphasis added).

3.  Id. art. 11.072, § 8.

4.  See Ex parte Hargett, 819 S.W.2d 866, 868 (Tex. Crim. App. 1991); Barnes v. State, 832 S.W.2d 424, 426 (Tex. App.—Houston [1^st Dist.] 1992, orig. proceeding); Von Kolb v. Koehler, 609 S.W.2d 654, 655-56 (Tex. App.—El Paso 1980, orig. proceeding).

5.  See Tex. Code Crim. Proc. Ann. art. 11.072, § 8; Ex parte Noe, 646 S.W.2d 230, 231 (Tex. Crim. App. 1983).