Steptoe, Monzelle Lavan ( 2022 )

IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS
OF TEXAS
NO. WR-51,851-12
EX PARTE MONZELLE LAVAN STEPTOE, Applicant
ON APPLICATION FOR A WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS
CAUSE NO. 58852-F IN THE 23RD DISTRICT COURT
FROM BRAZORIA COUNTY
Per curiam.
ORDER
Applicant was convicted of one count of aggravated robbery and one count of aggravated
kidnapping, and was sentenced to sixty years’ imprisonment for the aggravated robbery count and
life imprisonment for the aggravated kidnapping count, to run concurrently. The Fourteenth Court
of Appeals affirmed his conviction. Steptoe v. State, No. 14-10-00131-CR (Tex. App. — Houston
[14th Dist.] January 6, 2011) (not designated for publication). Applicant filed this application for a
writ of habeas corpus in the county of conviction, and the district clerk forwarded it to this Court.
See TEX . CODE CRIM . PROC. art. 11.07.
We have previously dismissed five subsequent applications in this cause. See TEX . CODE
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CRIM . PROC. art. 11.07, § 4. It is obvious from the record that Applicant continues to raise grounds
that were previously rejected on the merits or that should have been raised in previous applications.
We hold that Applicant has abused the writ and filed a frivolous lawsuit. See Ex parte Jones, 97
S.W.3d 586 (Tex. Crim. App. 2003); TEX . GOV ’T CODE § 498.0045(a-1). Should Applicant file
future habeas applications in this cause, we will not consider the merits of his applications unless
he shows that the factual or legal basis of his grounds was unavailable in a previously filed
application. This application is dismissed.
Copies of this order shall be sent to the Texas Department of Criminal Justice–Correctional
Institutions Division and the Board of Pardons and Paroles.
Filed: January 12, 2022
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