The opinion
Opinion issued August 25, 2015
In The
Court of Appeals
For The
First District of Texas
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NO. 01-15-00677-CR
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IN RE PROPHET RONALD DWAYNE WHITFIELD, Relator
Original Proceeding on Petition for Writ of Mandamus
MEMORANDUM OPINION
Relator, Prophet Ronald Dwayne Whitfield, proceeding pro se, has filed a
criminal petition1 for a writ of mandamus relating to his 1992 conviction in his trial
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The unrelated underlying civil cause numbers listed in relator’s petition, Nos.
2015-08974 and 2015-22666, were docketed as appellate cause numbers 01-15-
00657-CV and 01-15-00658-CV, respectively. The unrelated underlying criminal
cause numbers listed in relator’s petition (Nos. 492674, 525468, 528856, and
557164) were assigned to the Fourteenth Court of Appeals (14-15-00659-CR, 14-
15-00660-CR, 14-15-00661-CR, and 14-15-00662-CR, respectively).
court cause number 617718.2 On August 6, 2015, relator also filed an amended
motion for a free mandamus record and a motion to proceed as indigent in this and
the several other appellate cause numbers listed in his petition.
Relator seeks mandamus relief to vacate his 1992 conviction for the trial
court’s alleged failure to render judgment. However, on direct appeal, this Court
affirmed relator’s felony conviction for burglary of a building with intent to
commit theft, and the Court of Criminal Appeals refused his petition for review.
See Whitfield v. State, No. 01-92-00617-CR, 1993 WL 322738, at *4 (Tex. App.—
Houston [1st Dist.] Aug. 26, 1993, pet. ref’d) (mem. op., not designated for
publication). After our mandate issued on March 9, 1994, the trial court’s
judgment of conviction became final.
Because relator’s petition involves a final post-conviction felony proceeding,
it is governed by Article 11.07 of the Texas Code of Criminal Procedure. See TEX.
CODE CRIM. PROC. ANN. art. 11.07 (West Supp. 2014); see also id. at art. 11.07 § 5
(stating that, “[a]fter conviction the procedure outlined in this Act shall be
exclusive and any other proceeding shall be void and of no force and effect in
discharging the prisoner.”). “Article 11.07 contains no role for the courts of
appeals. To complain about any action, or inaction, of the convicting court, the
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The underlying criminal cause is The State of Texas v. Ronald Dwayne Whitfield,
Cause No. 617718, in the 174th District Court of Harris County, Texas, the
Honorable Ruben Guerrero, currently presiding.
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applicant may seek mandamus relief from the Court of Criminal Appeals.” In re
Briscoe, 230 S.W.3d 196, 196–97 (Tex. App.—Houston [1st Dist.] 2006, orig.
proceeding); see Bd. of Pardons & Paroles ex rel. Keene v. Court of Appeals for
the Eighth Dist., 910 S.W.2d 481, 483 (Tex. Crim. App. 1995). Thus, we lack
jurisdiction to issue the requested writ of mandamus because relator’s petition is
governed by article 11.07.
Accordingly, we dismiss for want of jurisdiction relator’s petition for writ of
mandamus. See TEX. R. APP. P. 52.8(a), (d). We dismiss all pending motions as
moot.
PER CURIAM
Panel consists of Justices Jennings, Higley, and Brown.
Do not publish. TEX. R. APP. P. 47.2(b).
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