in Re Martin Vasquez

• Court: Court of Appeals of Texas
• Decided: February 21, 2013
• Docket: 14-13-00085-CR
• Status: Published

Opinion

Petition for Writ of Mandamus Dismissed and Memorandum Opinion filed February 21, 2013.

In The

Fourteenth Court of Appeals

NO. 14-13-00085-CR

IN RE MARTIN VASQUEZ, Relator

ORIGINAL PROCEEDING WRIT OF MANDAMUS 351st District Court Harris County, Texas Trial Court Cause No. 1352006

MEMORANDUM OPINION On August 28, 2012, relator Martin Vasquez was convicted of failure to comply with sex offender registration requirements and sentenced to eight years in prison. On February 1, 2013, relator filed a petition for writ of mandamus in this court. See Tex. Gov’t Code Ann. §22.221; see also Tex. R. App. P. 52. In the petition, relator complains that his counsel on appeal is not effective and relator attempts to raise issues challenging his conviction.

Relator seeks post-conviction habeas relief. Although courts of appeals have jurisdiction over criminal matters, only the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals has jurisdiction over matters related to final post-conviction felony proceedings. Ater v. Eighth Court of Appeals, 802 S.W.2d 241, 243 (Tex. Crim. App. 1991) (orig. proceeding). This includes requests for habeas relief based on assertions of void convictions. See In re Altschul, 207 S.W.3d 427, 430 (Tex. App.—Waco 2006, orig. proceeding)

Because we do not have jurisdiction over the requested relief, the petition for writ of mandamus is ordered dismissed.

PER CURIAM

Panel consists of Justices Frost, Brown, and Busby. Do Not Publish — TEX. R. APP. P. 47.2(b).