Grimes, John Alfred

IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS
OF TEXAS
NO. WR-86,694-07
EX PARTE JOHN ALFRED GRIMES, Applicant
ON APPLICATION FOR A WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS
CAUSE NO. 007-1311-14-G IN THE 7TH DISTRICT COURT
FROM SMITH COUNTY
Per curiam.
ORDER
Applicant was convicted of murder and sentenced to 35 years’ imprisonment. Applicant filed
this application for a writ of habeas corpus in the county of conviction, and the district clerk
forwarded it to this Court. See TEX . CODE CRIM . PROC. art. 11.07.
We have previously dismissed five subsequent applications in this cause. See TEX . CODE
CRIM . PROC. art. 11.07, § 4. It is obvious from the record that Applicant continues to raise grounds
that were previously rejected on the merits or that should have been raised in previous applications.
We hold that Applicant has abused the writ and filed a frivolous lawsuit. See Ex parte Jones, 97
S.W.3d 586 (Tex. Crim. App. 2003); TEX . GOV ’T CODE § 498.0045(a-1). Should Applicant file
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future habeas applications in this cause, we will not consider the merits of his applications unless
he shows that the factual or legal basis of his grounds was unavailable in a previously filed
application. This application is dismissed.
Copies of this order shall be sent to the Texas Department of Criminal Justice–Correctional
Institutions Division and the Board of Pardons and Paroles.
Filed: October 28, 2020
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