Ex Parte Devan S. Matthews

OPINION

Opinion by:

Patricia O. Alvarez, Justice

Appellant Devan S. Matthews filed an application for writ of habeas corpus asserting he was being held in violation of his federal and state constitutional protections against double jeopardy. The trial court denied the relief he requested in his application, and Matthews appeals. Because Matthews’s notice of appeal was not timely filed, this court’s appellate jurisdiction was not invoked. We dismiss this appeal for want of jurisdiction.

Background

During Matthews’s January 2012 trial, before returning from a break from voir dire, a venire member…