Means, Tavaris

IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS
OF TEXAS
NO. WR-84,139-01
EX PARTE TAVARIS MEANS, Applicant
ON APPLICATION FOR A WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS
CAUSE NO. W14-76746-H(A) IN THE CRIMINAL DISTRICT COURT NO. 1
FROM DALLAS 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 pleaded guilty to assault with
family violence, and was sentenced to two years’ imprisonment. He did not appeal his conviction.
In the instant application, Applicant contends that he is actually innocent based on newly
discovered evidence, an affidavit from the victim recanting her accusation against Applicant. In his
second ground for relief, Applicant contends that his plea was involuntary due to the ineffective
assistance of trial counsel. Lastly, he alleges that his habeas counsel rendered ineffective assistance
by raising only one ground for relief on his first application.
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This Court has reviewed Applicant's first, second and third grounds for relief and has
determined that they are without merit. Therefore, those claims are denied. Applicant's remaining
claim concerns the denial of time credit spent in confinement prior to his plea. That claim is
dismissed. Ex parte Ybarra, 149 S.W.3d 147 (Tex. Crim. App. 2004) (Where an inmate seeks
pre-sentence jail time credit, "[t]he appropriate remedy in this situation 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 .")
Filed: November 25, 2015
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