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Ex parte Taylor

COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS OF TEXAS
Nov 27, 2013
NO. WR-58,904-12 (Tex. Crim. App. Nov. 27, 2013)

Opinion

NO. WR-58,904-12

11-27-2013

EX PARTE WILLIAM CHARLES TAYLOR, Applicant


ON APPLICATION FOR A WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS

CAUSE NO. 07-300708-G IN THE 331st DISTRICT COURT

FROM TRAVIS 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 assault/family violence and sentenced to twenty-three years' imprisonment. His direct appeal was dismissed for lack of jurisdiction. Taylor v. State, No. 03-07-00613-CR (Tex. App.-Austin November 13, 2007).

In his present application, Applicant raises two grounds. This application, however, presents a more serious question. This Court's records reflect that Applicant has filed six prior applications pertaining to this conviction. It is obvious from the record that Applicant continues to raise issues that have been presented and rejected in previous applications or that should have been presented in previous applications. The writ of habeas corpus is not to be lightly or easily abused. Sanders v. U.S., 373 U.S. 1 (1963); Ex parte Carr, 511 S.W.2d 523 (Tex. Crim. App. 1974). Because of his repetitive claims, we hold that Applicant's claims are barred from review under Article 11.07, § 4, and are waived and abandoned by his abuse of the writ. This application is dismissed.

Therefore, we instruct the Honorable Abel Acosta, Clerk of the Court of Criminal Appeals, not to accept or file the instant application for a writ of habeas corpus, or any future application pertaining to this conviction unless Applicant is able to show in such an application that any claims presented have not been raised previously and that they could not have been presented in a previous application for a writ of habeas corpus. Ex parte Bilton, 602 S.W.2d 534 (Tex. Crim. App. 1980).

Copies of this order shall be sent to the Texas Department of Criminal Justice-Correctional Institutions Division and Pardons and Paroles Division. Do not publish


Summaries of

Ex parte Taylor

COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS OF TEXAS
Nov 27, 2013
NO. WR-58,904-12 (Tex. Crim. App. Nov. 27, 2013)
Case details for

Ex parte Taylor

Case Details

Full title:EX PARTE WILLIAM CHARLES TAYLOR, Applicant

Court:COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS OF TEXAS

Date published: Nov 27, 2013

Citations

NO. WR-58,904-12 (Tex. Crim. App. Nov. 27, 2013)

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