In re Samuel Roy Jackson

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In October 2004, a jury found relator guilty of the felony offense of aggravated

robbery with a deadly weapon and assessed his punishment at confinement for thirty

five years. See Jackson v. State, No. 01-04-01137, 2005 WL 3072018 (Tex. App.—

Houston [1st Dist.] Nov. 17, 2005, pet. withdrawn) (mem. op., not designated for

publication). Relator’s mandamus petition is a collateral attack on a final felony

conviction and, therefore, falls within the scope of a post-conviction writ of habeas

corpus under article 11.07 of the Texas Code of Criminal Procedure. See TEX. CODE

CRIM. PROC. art. 11.07. Article 11.07 provides the exclusive means to challenge the

conviction. See id.; Padieu v. Court of Appeals of Tex., Fifth Dist., 392 S.W.3d 115,

117 (Tex. Crim. App. 2013). Although “the courts of appeals have mandamus

jurisdiction in criminal matters, only the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals has

jurisdiction in final post-conviction felony proceedings.” In re McAfee, 53 S.W.3d

715, 717 (Tex. App.—Houston [1st Dist.] 2001, orig. proceeding); see also In re

Briscoe, 230 S.W.3d 196, 196 (Tex. App.—Houston [14th Dist.] 2006, orig.

proceeding) (“Article 11.07 contains no role for the courts of appeals.”).

Accordingly, we do not have jurisdiction over relator’s mandamus petition.

We dismiss the petition for want of jurisdiction.