Cooper, William Charles ( 2014 )


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  •              IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS
    OF TEXAS
    NO. WR-14,965-17
    EX PARTE WILLIAM CHARLES COOPER, Applicant
    ON APPLICATION FOR A WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS
    CAUSE NO. 923335-K IN THE 176TH 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 burglary of a
    habitation and sentenced to forty-five years’ imprisonment.
    In his present application, Applicant raises several grounds attacking his conviction. This
    application, however, presents a more serious question. This Court’s records reflect that Applicant
    has filed seven prior applications pertaining to this conviction since it became final. 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
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    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.
    Filed: December 17, 2014
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