Jones, William Monterial ( 2018 )

IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS
OF TEXAS
NO. WR-85,603-03
EX PARTE WILLIAM MONTERIAL JONES, Applicant
ON APPLICATION FOR A WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS
CAUSE NO. 1387546-A IN THE 351ST 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 forty years’ imprisonment. The First Court of
Appeals affirmed his conviction. Jones v. State, Nos. 01-14-01032-CR (Tex. App.—Houston [1st
Dist.] Feb. 18, 2016)(not designated for publication).
In his present application, Applicant contends, among other things, that his trial counsel
rendered ineffective assistance because counsel failed to present medical records and interview and
subpoena medical staff to show that Applicant was severely injured and would have been unable to
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run from the crime scene. This application, however, presents a more serious question. Applicant
alleges that medical personnel was available to testify on Applicant’s behalf. Applicant has provided
an affidavit, purporting to be from a nurse, Kelly Russell, who states that Applicant could not have
run any distance due to his injuries.
However, Kelly Russell has filed an affidavit and denies preparing or signing the affidavit,
stating that she is not a nurse, that she does not, in the course of her employment, draft affidavits
providing medical analysis or provide expert opinions regarding medical conditions of patients, and
that she does not have any personal knowledge of Applicant’s medical condition, nor is she qualified
to testify about his medical treatment. Based on these statements, the trial court has found that Kelly
Russell did not prepare or sign the affidavit submitted by Applicant in the instant writ application.
Therefore, the affidavit was falsified and/or was wholly the product of Applicant because said
affidavit was not authored, executed, or signed by the purported affiant.
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). We find that Applicant has abused
The Great Writ by submitting false evidence. We deny relief on this application and cite him for
abuse of the writ. By that abuse, Applicant has waived and abandoned any contention that he might
have in regard to the instant conviction, at least insofar as existing claims that he could have or
should have brought in the application. Ex parte Jones, 97 S.W.3d 586 (Tex. Crim. App. 2003);
Middaugh v. State, 683 S.W.2d 713 (Tex. Crim. App. 1985); Ex parte Emmons, 660 S.W.2d 106
(Tex. Crim. App. 1983). Additionally, based on Applicant’s submission of false evidence, we find
that Applicant has filed a frivolous lawsuit.
Therefore, we instruct the Clerk of the Court of Criminal Appeals not to accept or file the
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instant applications for writ of habeas corpus, or any future application pertaining to these
convictions 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.
Filed: August 22, 2018
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