Ex Parte Terran Doral Green v. the State of Texas

• Court: Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)
• Decided: April 14, 2026
• Docket: 01-26-00204-CR
• Status: Published

Opinion

Opinion issued April 14, 2026

In The

Court of Appeals For The

First District of Texas ———————————— NO. 01-26-00204-CR ——————————— EX PARTE TERRAN DORAL GREEN, Appellant

On Appeal from the 180th District Court Harris County, Texas Trial Court Case No. 1914201

MEMORANDUM OPINION

Appellant Terran Doral Green is attempting to appeal from the trial court’s

February 24, 2026 denial of his pro se application for writ of habeas corpus

challenging his pretrial confinement for the offense of aggravated assault of a public

servant. We dismiss the appeal as moot.

Although represented by counsel in the trial court, appellant filed a pro se

application for writ of habeas corpus on September 24, 2025, alleging a limitations issue. The trial court did not hold a hearing but denied it by a handwritten ruling on

the last page of the application and dated February 24, 2026. On February 24, 2026,

appellant filed a pro se notice of appeal from the trial court’s denial of his

application.

The denial of an application for writ of habeas corpus is appealable. See TEX.

R. APP. P. 31. But because appellant has been convicted of the underlying offense1

and is no longer subject to pretrial confinement, his appeal is moot. See Martinez v.

State, 826 S.W.2d 620, 620 (Tex. Crim. App. 1992); Ex parte Graves, No. 14-19-

00517-CR, 2019 WL 3822177, at *1 (Tex. App.—Houston [14th Dist.] Aug. 15,

2019, no pet.) (mem. op.).

Accordingly, we dismiss the appeal as moot. Any pending motions are

dismissed as moot.

PER CURIAM

Panel consists of Chief Justice Adams and Justices Guerra and Guiney. Do not publish. TEX. R. APP. P. 47.2(b).

1 On March 4, 2026, the trial court signed the judgment of conviction for the offense of aggravated assault against a public servant and was sentenced to life in the Correctional Institutions Division of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. Appellant’s appointed counsel filed a notice of appeal from the conviction and that appeal is pending in this Court in case number 01-26-00332-CR. 2