Opinion
NO. WR-80,380-01
11-06-2013
EX PARTE DUDLEY KRISSHAWN HICKMAN, Applicant
ON APPLICATION FOR A WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS
CAUSE NO. 241-1237-11-A IN THE 241ST DISTRICT COURT
FROM SMITH COUNTY
Per curiam .
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 felony driving while intoxicated and sentenced to life imprisonment. The Twelfth Court of Appeals affirmed the conviction. Hickman v. State, No. 12-12-00140-CR (Tex.App.—Tyler Jan. 16, 2013).
Applicant contends that he was denied his right, through no fault of his own, to pursue a pro se petition for discretionary review in this Court after his conviction was affirmed by the Twelfth Court of Appeals. He has provided prison mail-room logs indicating that he placed with prison officials his petition for discretionary review for mailing to this Court before the deadline for filing had passed. The petition, however, was not timely delivered to this Court, and it was dismissed as untimely filed.
The writ record shows that Applicant is entitled to the opportunity to file an out-of-time petition for discretionary review of the judgment of the Twelfth Court of Appeals in Cause No. 12-12-00140-CR that affirmed his conviction in Cause No. 241-123-11 from the 241st District Court of Smith County. See Ex parte Riley, 193 S.W.3d 900 (Tex. Crim. App. 2006); Ex parte Crow, 180 S.W.3d 135, 138-39 (Tex. Crim. App. 2005). Applicant shall file his petition for discretionary review with this Court within 30 days of the date on which this Court's mandate issues.
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