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Ex Parte Williams

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Mar 17, 2010
No. AP-76,312 (Tex. Crim. App. Mar. 17, 2010)

Opinion

No. AP-76,312

Delivered: March 17, 2010. DO NOT PUBLISH.

On Application for A Writ of Habeas Corpus, Cause No. F-0454679-T in the 283rd District Court from Dallas County.


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 aggravated robbery and sentenced to eighty years' imprisonment. Applicant contends that his counsel rendered ineffective assistance because he failed to timely file a notice of appeal. We remanded this application to the trial court for additional findings of fact and conclusions of law. The trial court has determined that trial counsel failed to timely file a notice of appeal. We find, therefore, that Applicant is entitled to the opportunity to file an out-of-time appeal of the judgment of conviction in Cause No. F-0454679-T from the 283rd Judicial District Court of Dallas County. Applicant is ordered returned to that time at which he may give a written notice of appeal so that he may then, with the aid of counsel, obtain a meaningful appeal. All time limits shall be calculated as if the sentence had been imposed on the date on which the mandate of this Court issues. We hold that, should Applicant desire to prosecute an appeal, he must take affirmative steps to file a written notice of appeal in the trial court within 30 days after the mandate of this Court issues.


Summaries of

Ex Parte Williams

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Mar 17, 2010
No. AP-76,312 (Tex. Crim. App. Mar. 17, 2010)
Case details for

Ex Parte Williams

Case Details

Full title:EX PARTE AUBREY JUAN WILLIAMS, Applicant

Court:Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Date published: Mar 17, 2010

Citations

No. AP-76,312 (Tex. Crim. App. Mar. 17, 2010)