DocketNumber： WR-71,384-01
Filed Date： 3/11/2009
Status： Precedential
Modified Date： 9/16/2015
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 engaging in organized criminal activity and sentenced to ten years' imprisonment. He did not appeal his conviction.
Applicant contends that he should not have been adjudicated guilty because he never received notice that his period of probation had been extended for five years. He also contends that trial counsel never advised him that his period of probation had been extended.
Applicant has alleged facts that, if true, might entitle him to relief. Strickland v. Washington, 466 U.S. 608 (1984); Ex parte Lemke, 13 S.W.3d 791,795-96 (Tex. Crim. App. 2000). In these circumstances, additional facts are needed. As we held in Ex parte Rodriguez, 334 S.W.2d 294, 294 (Tex. Crim. App. 1960), the trial court is the appropriate forum for findings of fact. According to the record, Applicant's trial counsel at the adjudication of guilt proceeding filed an affidavit with the trial court in response to Applicant's claim. There is no indication from the record, however, that Applicant's other trial counsel responded to his claim. The trial court shall provide Applicant's other trial counsel with the opportunity to respond to his claim. The trial court may use any means set out in Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 11.07, § 3(d). In the appropriate case, the trial court may rely on its personal recollection. Id.
If the trial court elects to hold a hearing, it shall determine whether Applicant is indigent. If Applicant is indigent and wishes to be represented by counsel, the trial court shall appoint an attorney to represent him at the hearing. Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 26.04.
The trial court shall make findings of fact as to whether Applicant's period of probation was extended and, if so, whether he or his counsel received notice of the extension. The trial court shall also make findings and conclusions as to whether the performance of Applicant's counsel was deficient and, if so, whether counsel's deficient performance prejudiced Applicant. The trial court shall also make any other findings of fact and conclusions of law that it deems relevant and appropriate to the disposition of Applicant's claims for habeas corpus relief.
This application will be held in abeyance until the trial court has resolved the fact issues. The issues shall be resolved within 90 days of this order. If any continuances are granted, a copy of the order granting the continuance shall be sent to this Court. A supplemental transcript containing all affidavits and interrogatories or the transcription of the court reporter's notes from any hearing or deposition, along with the trial court's supplemental findings of fact and conclusions of law, shall be returned to this Court within 120 days of the date of this order. The original plea papers and the order extending Applicant's period of probation, if any, shall also be returned to this Court within 120 days of the date of this order. Any extensions of time shall be obtained from this Court.
Filed: March 11, 2009
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