DocketNumber： WR-69,022-02
Filed Date： 1/23/2008
Status： Precedential
Modified Date： 9/15/2015
IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS
OF TEXAS
NO. WR-69,022-02
EX PARTE JEFFREY POPP, Applicant
ON APPLICATION FOR A WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS
CAUSE NO. 2002-556-C2A IN THE 69,022-02 DISTRICT COURT
FROM McLENNAN COUNTY
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 writ of habeas corpus. Ex parte Young, 418 S.W.2d 824, 826 (Tex. Crim. App. 1967). Applicant was convicted of driving while intoxicated and sentenced to ten years' imprisonment. The Tenth Court of Appeals affirmed conviction. Popp v. State, No. 10-03-00263-CR (Tex. App. - Waco, October 13, 2004).
After a review of the record, we find that Applicant's claims that challenge his conviction are without merit. Therefore those claims are denied.
Applicant's remaining claim concerning time credit for pre-trial confinement is dismissed. Where an inmate seeks pre-sentence jail time credit, "[t]he appropriate remedy . . . is to require Applicant to present the issue to the trial court by way of a nunc pro tunc motion, . . . [and] [i]f the trial court fails to respond, Applicant is first required to seek relief in the Court of Appeals, by way of a petition for a writ of mandamus, unless there is a compelling reason not to do so." Ex parte Ybarra, 149 S.W.3d 147 (Tex. Crim. App. 2004).
Accordingly, we deny Applicant's claims challenging the conviction, and dismiss his claim that he has been denied pre-sentence jail time credit. Applicant is free to seek his remedy by way of a motion nunc pro tunc in the convicting court.
Filed: January 23, 2008
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