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P ercur i am . O P I N I O N A ppl i cantpl eade d gui l t yt o pos s es s i on of a c ont r ol l ed s ubs t ance and w as s ent ence d to th re e y e a rs ’ i m p ri s o n m e n t. A p p lic a n t d id n o t a p p e a l. A ppl i cantcont ends t hathe has been i m pr oper l ydeni ed cr edi tt ow ar d t he expi r at i on of hi s s ent ence forthe p eriod o f t i m e w hen he w as err oneous l yr el eas ed fr om cus t ody t hr ough no faul tof hi s ow n. A p p lica n t w a s se n ten c e d in th is ca u se o n M a y2 5 , 2 0 0 6 . B e f o re b e in g tra n sf

e rre d to th e c u sto d yo f

th e T e x a s D e p a r tm e n t o f C rim in a l Ju stic e (T D C J) to b e g in se rv in g h isROWE-2

sen tenc e, he w as se n t t o G eo rgia to a n s w e r ch arg es th ere . A fter tho se p roc ee d ing s w ere
c o m p lete , A p p lica n t w a s re lea se d to p ro b a tio n o n D e c e m b e r 1 8 , 2 0 0 6 . H is G e o rg ia pr obat i on w as t r ans ferr ed t o B exa r C o u n t y , T exas and ac cept ed on February16, 2007. A p p lica n t w a s th e n se n t to T e x a s b u t w a s n e v e r p lac e d in th e c u sto d yo f T D C J. A t h is
s econd meet i ng w i t h hi s s uper vi s i ng pr obat i on offi cer , A ppl i cant i nfor m ed the off i cert hat h e s h o u l d b e s e r v i n g a t h r e e - y e a r p r i s o n s e n t e n c e f o r t h i s c a s e f

r o m Be x a r Co u n t y , t h e s a me countyi n w hi ch he w as t hen under s uper vi s i on for t he G eor gi a cas e. T he offi cerper for m ed
a w arr ant check , bu t no w arr ants w ere act i ve. O n or abo ut M ay 2, 20 07 , a T D C J p a ro le offi cercont act ed A ppl i cant ’ s pr obat i on offi cerand advi s ed hi m t hatA ppl i canthad pendi ng pr i s on t i m e i n t hi s cas e. T he pa r ol e off i ceri nfor m ed A ppl i cant ’ s s uper vi s i ng pr obat i on
o f f ice r th a t s h e w o u ld c o n tac t h im a g a in to let h im k n o w w h e n A p p lica n t sh o u ld tu rn h im se lf i n att he nea r es tl ocal j ai l
. T he pr obat i on offi cerneverhear d fr om T D C J agai n. T D C J i s s ued a pr emat ur e- r el eas e w arr antforA ppl i canton M ay 9, 2007. A ppl i cant h ad b ee n u n d er the su p erv isi o n o f h is p rob ati o n o ff icer fo r t h e G eo rgia c ase sinc e F eb rua ry 2 0 0 7 , an d T D C J co n tacted that o ff icer in M ay2 0 0 7
. A t th is t im e, T D C J k n e w w h ere A ppl i cant w as and knew t hat he s houl d have been i n one of t hei r s ecur e p ri so n fa cil it i es
s er vi ng t hi s s ent ence , butdi d nott ake hi m i nt o cus t ody
. A ppl i cantw as arr es t ed undert he pr emat ur e r el eas e w ar r antw hen he a t t empt ed t o r enew hi s dr i ver ’ s l i cens e i n A ugus t2008. D ur i ng hi s t i m e on err oneous r el eas e, A ppl i can t v iol at ed no l aw s noranyt er m s of release that w o u ld hav e ap p li ed to him h ad h e be en p rop erlyrelease d o n p aro le or m an d atoryROWE-3

117 S.W .3d 866 (Tex. Crim. App. 2003). 1 Id. at 873. 2 s uper vi s i on. T D C J C l assi fi cat i on and R ecords fi l ed an affidavi t i n respon se t o A pp l i cant’ s cl ai m s. T he af fi dav i tst at es th a t“A pp l i cant i s not ent i t l ed to t i m e spent out on err on eou s r el ease pur s uantt o E

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1 i m pl i cat i ons of H

a le ’ s hol di ng. I n H a le , a p riso n e r w a s e rro n e o u sly re lea se d to m a n d a to rysu p e rv isio n b yT D C J w h ile
s er vi ng t w o cumul at i ve s ent ence s . A t t he t i m e of the r el eas e, T D C J had noty etr ece i ved t he
comm i t m entpaper s fort he s econd s ent ence . W hi l e he w as outof cus t odyand b ef o r e he vi ol at ed the condi t i ons of hi s r el eas e, H al e di s char ged the fi r s t , under l y i ng s ent ence . A ft er
v io latin g th e c o n d iti o n s o f h is re lea se , h e w a s re tu rn e d to T D C J w h e re h e c la im e d th a t, b e c a u se h e w a s re lea se d th r o u g h n o f a u lt o f h is o w n , h is s tac k e d , se c o n d se n ten c e sh o u ld
a lso b e c re d ited w ith tim e sp e n t o n re lea se . T h is C o u rt h e ld th a t th e sta tu te a p p lica b le to t hos e pr i s oner s w ho w er e corr ect l yr el eas ed al s o appl i es t o t hos e r el eas ed err oneous l yfr om T D C J
. A ccor di ngl y , t hough H al e re cei ved cr edi tagai ns tt he s ent ence t hathe w oul d have

2 di s char ged butfort he err oneous r el eas e, t he vi ol at i on o f h is m an dat or ys uper vi s i on rul es pr event ed hi m fr om r ece i vi ng cr edi tfort he s t acke d s ent ence . B ut , w e not ed t hat had he not
v io late d c o n d iti o n s o f

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tion of the sentenc e on which theperson wa s relea sed.” T EX . G OV ’ T C ODE §508.283(c)
. Se eEx Pa rteCro ss , AP-75,700, delivere d June 13, 2007 and Ex Parte Fre eman , AP- 5 76, 029, delivere d November 5, 2008. h a v e b e e n c re d ited o n th a t se n ten c e a s w e ll. 3 T her e i s no evi dence t hat A ppl i cant vi ol at ed t he condi t i ons of hi s pr obat i on, norany
co n d it ion s tha t w o u ld h av e b ee n p lace d o n h im h ad h e be en p rop erlyrelease d to m an d atory
s uper vi s i on forth e sen tence. N ei t herT D C J nort he St at e makes anyal l egat i ons of s uch
v io latio n s. T D C J s tate s th a t A p p lica n t w a s d e tain e d o n th e p re m a tu re re lea se w a rra n t. T her efor e, A ppl i cant ’ s r el eas e w as notr evoked unde r t he m eani ng of Sect i on 508. 283 of t he T exas G over nm entC ode, and he i s t her efor e nots ubj ectt o t he r es t r i ct i ons of t hats t atut e. 4 A s w e have hel d i n pr evi ous unpubl i s hed opi ni ons , i f a per s on i s err oneous l yr el eas ed 5 f rom cust od y , t hroug h no faul t of hi s ow n, and i s t hen broug ht back i nto cust od y , h e is ent i t l ed t o cr edi tfor al l of t he t i m e s penton t haterr oneous r el eas e. B eca us e A ppl i canthad notvi ol at ed the condi t i ons of hi s s uper vi s ed r el eas e att he t i m e he w as det ai ned on t he pr emat ur e r el eas e w ar r ant , he s houl d notbe pena l i zed f orfol l ow i ng t he rul es t hatw oul d have b e e n in p la c e h a d h e b e e n p ro p e rl yre le a s e d f ro m c u s to d y . I n fa ct, A p pl i canthas farexce eded a nyr equi r ement s t hatt hi s C our thas pl ace d on tho se w h o w ere erro n eo u s ly r elea sed fro m cu stod y . Itw o u ld b e u n rea so n ab le t o req u ir eR O W E -5

Id. at 869. 6 t hos e r el eas ed fr om cus t odyt o i nfor m t he author i ti es that t heys houl d i n fac tbe det ai ned. 6 Y e t, i n th is c a se , A p p lica n t in f o rm e d th e T e x a s p ro b a tio n o f f ic e r w h o a d m in iste re d h is G eor gi a pr obat i on t hathe had a n o u tst an di ng convi ct i on and s houl d be i n t he cus t odyof T D C J
. A ppl i canti s ent i t l ed t o cr edi tfort he t i m e he s pentoutof t he cus t odyof TD C J
. T he T exas D epart m entof C r i m i nal J us t i ce s hal l cr edi t A ppl i cant ’ s s ent ence i n caus e number 2005C R 3070 fr om t he 379 J udi ci al D i s t r i ctC our tof B exar C ount y w i t h al l of t he t i m e fr om th t he dat e of A ppl i cant ’ s s ent enci ng, t ogetherw i t h anypr e- s ent ence cr edi t aw ar ded byt he tr i al
c o u rt . C opi es of t hi s opi n ion sh all be s entt o t he Texas D epart m entof C r i m i nal J us t i ce, Inst i tuti on al , and P ardons an d P arol es D i vis i on s.

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