Jimmy Jay Jensen v. State

IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS
OF TEXAS
NO. WR-69,319-04
EX PARTE JIMMY JAY JENSEN, Applicant
ON APPLICATION FOR A WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS
CAUSE NO. 05-1310-K277E IN THE 277TH DISTRICT COURT
FROM WILLIAMSON 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 five counts of
aggravated sexual assault of a child, and two counts of indecency with a child by contact. He was
sentenced to life imprisonment for each of the aggravated sexual assaults, and twenty years’
imprisonment for each of the indecency counts. The Third Court of Appeals affirmed his conviction
pursuant to an Anders brief filed by counsel, noting that Applicant had been advised of his right to
file a pro se response brief, but that no such brief had been filed. Jensen v. State, No. 03-06-00694-
2
CR (Tex. App. — Austin, May 31, 2007) (not designated for publication).
Applicant contends that he has been denied due process because the trial court never provided
him with access to the record for the purpose of filing a pro se response brief, despite Applicant’s
request and counsel’s request that he be provided such access.
The trial court has determined that Applicant did in fact request access to the record for the
purpose of filing a pro se response brief, but that there is no indication that he was ever provided
with such access. We find that Applicant is entitled to the opportunity to file an out-of-time pro
se response brief to counsel’s Anders brief in his appeal of the judgment of conviction in Cause No.
05-1310-K277 from the 277th District Court of Williamson County. Applicant is ordered returned
to that time at which he may review the record and prepare a pro se response to counsel’s Anders
brief. Within ten days of the issuance of this opinion, the trial court shall provide Applicant with
access to his trial records for the purpose of filing a pro se response brief. We hold that, should
Applicant desire to file a pro se response brief, he must take affirmative steps to file his brief in the
Third Court of Appeals within 30 days after the mandate of this Court issues.
Copies of this opinion shall be sent to the Texas Department of Criminal Justice-Correctional
Institutions Division and Pardons and Paroles Division.
Delivered: May 9, 2018
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