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Ex Parte Ritchie

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Mar 29, 2006
No. WR-62,066-03 (Tex. Crim. App. Mar. 29, 2006)

Opinion

No. WR-62,066-03

Delivered: March 29, 2006. DO NOT PUBLISH.

On Application for Writ of Habeas Corpus, Cause Number 9020716 in the 390th Judicial District Court, Travis County.


ORDER


This is an application for a writ of habeas corpus that was transmitted to this Court by the clerk of the trial court pursuant to the provisions of Article 11.07, Section 3, of the Texas Code of Criminal Procedure. Ex Parte Young, 418 S.W.2d 824, 826 (Tex.Crim.App. 1967). Applicant was convicted of driving while intoxicated, enhanced, and sentenced to ten (10) years' confinement. Imposition of the sentence was suspended and Applicant was placed on community supervision for a period of ten (10) years. Following revocation of community supervision, his sentence was assessed at four (4) years' confinement. No direct appeal was taken. The trial court recommends that grounds one and two, which challenge the conviction on the basis of an illegal sentence and ineffective assistance of counsel, be denied. We agree. The trial court recommends that grounds three and four, concerning the denial of mandatory supervision release, be dismissed as moot. We agree. Grounds one and two are denied; grounds three and four are dismissed.


Summaries of

Ex Parte Ritchie

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Mar 29, 2006
No. WR-62,066-03 (Tex. Crim. App. Mar. 29, 2006)
Case details for

Ex Parte Ritchie

Case Details

Full title:EX PARTE LARRY DEL RITCHIE, Applicant

Court:Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Date published: Mar 29, 2006

Citations

No. WR-62,066-03 (Tex. Crim. App. Mar. 29, 2006)