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Ex parte Simms

COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS OF TEXAS
Mar 4, 2015
NO. WR-68,174-03 (Tex. Crim. App. Mar. 4, 2015)

Opinion

NO. WR-68,174-03

03-04-2015

EX PARTE DONOVAN DWIGHT SIMMS, Applicant


ON APPLICATION FOR A WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS CAUSE NO. 1056045-C IN THE 230th DISTRICT COURT FROM HARRIS COUNTY Per curiam . ORDER

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 robbery with a deadly weapon and sentenced to fifteen years' imprisonment. He did not appeal his conviction.

After a review of the record, we find that Applicant's actual innocence claim based on newly discovered evidence is without merit. Therefore, we deny relief.

Applicant's claims regarding ineffective assistance of counsel and the legality of his judgment are dismissed as subsequent. TEX. CODE CRIM. PRO. Art. 11.07 §4(a)-(c). Filed: March 04, 2015
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Summaries of

Ex parte Simms

COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS OF TEXAS
Mar 4, 2015
NO. WR-68,174-03 (Tex. Crim. App. Mar. 4, 2015)
Case details for

Ex parte Simms

Case Details

Full title:EX PARTE DONOVAN DWIGHT SIMMS, Applicant

Court:COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS OF TEXAS

Date published: Mar 4, 2015

Citations

NO. WR-68,174-03 (Tex. Crim. App. Mar. 4, 2015)

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