Ex Parte Vashaun Xavier Scott

• Court: Court of Appeals of Texas
• Decided: May 6, 2020
• Docket: 10-20-00131-CR
• Status: Published

Opinion

IN THE TENTH COURT OF APPEALS

No. 10-20-00131-CR

EX PARTE VASHAUN XAVIER SCOTT

Original Proceeding

MEMORANDUM OPINION

Vashaun Xavier Scott has filed an original “Emergency Petition for Writ of Habeas

Corpus for Bail Pending Appeal” in this Court. “We do not have original habeas corpus

jurisdiction in criminal law matters.” See Ex parte Ustick, 9 S.W.3d 922, 924 (Tex. App.—

Waco 2000, orig. proceeding) (citing Ex parte Hawkins, 885 S.W.2d 586, 588 (Tex. App.—

El Paso 1994, orig. proceeding)); see also Ramirez v. State, 36 S.W.3d 660, (Tex. App.—Waco

2001, pet. ref’d) (“Most notable of the matters over which the courts of appeals do not

have jurisdiction are appeals of death penalty convictions, the authority to set aside a

final felony conviction, and no original jurisdiction of any criminal habeas corpus proceeding.”). Accordingly, we dismiss Scott’s “Emergency Petition for Writ of Habeas

Corpus for Bail Pending Appeal.”

JOHN E. NEILL Justice

Before Chief Justice Gray, Justice Davis, and Justice Neill Dismissed Opinion delivered and filed May 6, 2020 Do not publish [CRPM]

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