in Re William Curtis Jones

• Court: Court of Appeals of Texas
• Decided: October 30, 2019
• Docket: 09-19-00365-CR
• Status: Published

Opinion

In The

Court of Appeals

Ninth District of Texas at Beaumont

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NO. 09-19-00365-CR __________________

IN RE WILLIAM CURTIS JONES __________________________________________________________________

Original Proceeding 252nd District Court of Jefferson County, Texas Trial Cause No. 15-23712 __________________________________________________________________

MEMORANDUM OPINION

William Curtis Jones filed a petition for habeas corpus in this court

challenging his conviction for misappropriating fiduciary property, a felony. 1

The intermediate courts of appeal do not have jurisdiction over post-

conviction writs of habeas corpus for a petition that challenges the applicant’s

conviction of a felony. 2 The judgment in Trial Court Cause Number 15-23712

1 Tex. Penal Code Ann. § 32.45(c)(7) (Supp.); Jones v. State, No. 09-18- 00071-CR, 2019 WL 3308958, at *1 (Tex. App.—Beaumont July 24, 2019, pet. filed) (mem. op., not designated for publication).

1 reflects Jones was convicted of a felony. We dismiss Jones’s petition for want of

jurisdiction.

PETITION DISMISSED.

PER CURIAM

Submitted on October 29, 2019 Opinion Delivered October 30, 2019 Do Not Publish

Before Kreger, Horton, and Johnson, JJ.

2 See Board of Pardons & Paroles ex rel. Keene v. Court of Appeals for Eighth Dist., 910 S.W.2d 481, 483 (Tex. Crim. App. 1995) (holding that “jurisdiction to grant post-conviction habeas corpus relief on a final felony conviction rests exclusively with the Court of Criminal Appeals”) (cleaned up); see also Tex. Code Crim. Proc. Ann. arts. 11.05, 11.07, § 3; Tex. Gov’t Code Ann. § 22.221(d) (Supp.). 2