Opinion
No. AP-76,453
Delivered: November 17, 2010. DO NOT PUBLISH.
On Application for a Writ of Habeas Corpus Cause No. 20080d05179, appeal from the 409th District Court, El Paso County.
OPINION
Pursuant to the provisions of Article 11.07 of the Texas Code of Criminal Procedure, the clerk of the trial court transmitted to this Court this application for a writ of habeas corpus. Ex parte Young, 418 S.W.2d 824, 826 (Tex. Crim. App. 1967). Applicant was convicted of aggravated sexual assault of a child and sentenced to fifteen years' imprisonment. Applicant contends that his counsel rendered ineffective assistance because he failed to properly advise him regarding his appellate rights. The trial court has determined that Applicant was deprived of his right to a meaningful appeal due to the ineffective assistance of counsel. We find, therefore, that Applicant is entitled to the opportunity to file an out-of-time appeal of the judgment of conviction in Cause No. 20080D05179 from the 409th Judicial District Court of El Paso County. Applicant is ordered returned to that time at which he may give a written notice of appeal so that he may then, with the aid of counsel, obtain a meaningful appeal. All time limits shall be calculated as if the sentence had been imposed on the date on which the mandate of this Court issues. We hold that, should Applicant desire to prosecute an appeal, he must take affirmative steps to file a written notice of appeal in the trial court within 30 days after the mandate of this Court issues.