Opinion
NO. WR-90,710-01
01-15-2020
EX PARTE FERNANDO RAFAEL FERREIRA, Applicant
ON APPLICATION FOR A WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS CAUSE NO. 1374581-A IN THE 179 DISTRICT COURT FROM HARRIS COUNTY Per curiam. OPINION
Applicant was convicted of aggravated robbery and sentenced to thirty-five years' imprisonment. The Fourteenth Court of Appeals affirmed his conviction. Ferreira v. State, No. 14-15-00767-CR (Tex. App.—Houston [14] Dec. 30, 2016). Applicant filed this application for a writ of habeas corpus in the county of conviction, and the district clerk forwarded it to this Court. See TEX. CODE CRIM. PROC. art. 11.07.
Applicant contends that appellate counsel failed to advise him of his right to file a pro se petition for discretionary review. Based on the record, the trial court has determined that appellate counsel's performance was deficient and that Applicant would have timely filed a petition for discretionary review but for counsel's deficient performance.
Relief is granted. Ex parte Wilson, 956 S.W.2d 25 (Tex. Crim. App. 1997); Ex parte Crow, 180 S.W.3d 135 (Tex. Crim. App. 2005). Applicant may file an out-of-time petition for discretionary review of the judgment of the Fourteenth Court of Appeals in cause number Fourteenth. Should Applicant decide to file a petition for discretionary review, he must file it with this Court within thirty days from the date of this Court's mandate.
Copies of this opinion shall be sent to the Texas Department of Criminal Justice-Correctional Institutions Division and the Board of Pardons and Paroles. Delivered: January 15, 2020
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