In Re Ronnie Adam Cloud v. the State of Texas

• Court: Court of Appeals of Texas
• Decided: December 6, 2023
• Docket: 09-23-00360-CR
• Status: Published

Opinion

In The

Court of Appeals

Ninth District of Texas at Beaumont

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NO. 09-23-00360-CR __________________

IN RE RONNIE ADAM CLOUD

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Original Proceeding 128th District Court of Orange County, Texas Trial Cause Nos. A990214 and A990217 __________________________________________________________________

MEMORANDUM OPINION

In an original proceeding filed in this Court, Ronnie Adam Cloud filed a

petition seeking what Cloud calls “a common law writ of error” and “a bill of

review.” In his filing, he argues that he is a “natural living man,” his final felony

convictions in Trial Cause Numbers A990214 and A990217 are void, and he

contends he was indicted and prosecuted by individual corporations acting ultra vires

1 and not by natural persons. He also mentions he is seeking a recovery of money on

what he calls a “counterclaim.”1

The exclusive State felony post-conviction judicial remedy available in Texas

is by application for a writ of habeas corpus under the procedure set out in article

11.07 of the Texas Code of Criminal Procedure. See Ex parte Adams, 768 S.W.2d

281, 287 (Tex. Crim. App. 1989); see also Tex. Code Crim. Proc. Ann. art. 11.07.

This Court does not have jurisdiction over post-conviction habeas corpus

proceedings. See Tex. Code Crim. Proc. Ann. art. 11.05.

This Court has original jurisdiction to issue only such writs as are necessary

to enforce our jurisdiction. See Tex. Gov’t Code Ann. § 22.221(a). Cloud has not

identified a final judgment or appealable order from which Cloud might perfect a

timely appeal at this time. See Tex. Gov’t Code Ann. § 22.220; Tex. Code Crim.

Proc. Ann. art. 44.02. Neither our original jurisdiction nor our appellate jurisdiction

is implicated in the original petition Cloud filed with this Court. Accordingly, we

dismiss the petition for lack of jurisdiction.

1 We address Cloud’s identical claims regarding what he says are three convictions out of Jefferson County in a separate proceeding filed in this Court as Number 09-23-00361-CR. 2 PETITION DISMISSED.

PER CURIAM

Submitted on December 5, 2023 Opinion Delivered December 6, 2023 Do Not Publish

Before Golemon, C.J., Johnson and Wright, JJ.