Fields, Laure Gibbons

IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS
OF TEXAS
NO. WR-82,733-01
EX PARTE LAURE GIBBONS FIELDS, Applicant
ON APPLICATION FOR A WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS
CAUSE NO. 28006CR IN THE 40TH DISTRICT COURT
FROM ELLIS 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 delivery of
marihuana in an amount of five pounds or less but more than one-fourth ounces, and sentenced to
five years’ imprisonment. Applicant did not appeal her conviction.
Applicant contends that her sentence is illegal and that her plea was involuntary. Applicant
was admonished for, and pled to, a third-degree felony. However, the offense charged is not a third-
degree felony, but is instead a state jail felony, punishable by 180 days to two years’ imprisonment
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in a state jail facility. TEX . HEALTH & SAFETY CODE § 481.120(b)(3); TEX . PENAL CODE § 12.35(a).
The trial court finds that Applicant was admonished for the incorrect punishment range for
her charged offense and that she accepted a plea bargain for a punishment outside the proper range
of punishment for her offense.
Relief is granted. The judgment in Cause No. 28006CR in the 40th District Court of Ellis
County is set aside, and Applicant is remanded to the custody of the Sheriff of Ellis County to
answer the charges as set out in the indictment. The trial court shall issue any necessary bench
warrant within 10 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: February 25, 2015
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