Case Name: Ex Parte Alberto VALDEZ, Applicant
Court: Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 2004-11-10
Citations: 158 S.W.3d 438
Docket Number: No. AP75039
Parties: Ex Parte Alberto VALDEZ, Applicant.
Judges: Jeffrey S. Levinger, Dallas, for Appellant. Douglas K. Norman, Assistant District Attorney, Corpus Christi, Matthew Paul, State’s Attorney, Austin, for State.
Reporter: South Western Reporter Third Series
Volume: 158
Pages: 438–438

Head Matter:
Ex Parte Alberto VALDEZ, Applicant.
No. AP75039.
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.
Nov. 10, 2004.
Rehearing Denied Jan. 12, 2005.
Jeffrey S. Levinger, Dallas, for Appellant. Douglas K. Norman, Assistant District Attorney, Corpus Christi, Matthew Paul, State’s Attorney, Austin, for State.

Opinion:
OPINION
PER CURIAM.
In his subsequent application for a writ of habeas corpus, applicant claimed that he is mentally retarded. We determined that applicant had met the requirements of Code of Criminal Procedure Article 11.071, § 5, and we remanded to the trial court for findings of fact and conclusions of law. The trial court held an evidentiary hearing and found that applicant is mentally retarded. The record supports the trial court's findings. Ex parte Briseno, 135 S.W.3d 1 (Tex.Crim.App.2004). Accordingly, we grant relief. We reform applicant's sentence to life imprisonment in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice Correctional Institutions Division.