Court Opinion

ID: 3218906
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Date Created: 2016-06-30 15:21:58.043141+00
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IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS
                         OF TEXAS
                                         NO. WR-62,485-03

                    EX PARTE SERGIO DANIEL GONZALES, Applicant

               ON APPLICATION FOR A WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS
            CAUSE NO. 03-CR-00000278-C IN THE 197TH DISTRICT COURT
                           FROM CAMERON 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 was convicted of aggravated

assault and sentenced to ten years’ imprisonment. The Thirteenth Court of Appeals dismissed his

appeal. Gonzales v. State, No. 13-12-00077-CR (Tex. App.—Corpus Christi April 19, 2012).

        Applicant contends, among other things, that plea counsel failed to investigate an internal

affairs report that could have impeached the complainant.

        On July 24, 2013, we remanded this application and directed the trial court to order the
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District Clerk to forward the supplemental police report that was the evidentiary basis of Applicant’s

claim. Because the supplemental record we received from the District Clerk was not adequate to

resolve Applicant’s claim, we remanded this application again on June 18, 2014, and directed the

trial court to order the District Clerk to forward a copy of the internal affairs report if it “exists and

is available.” “If the report does not exist,” we wrote, “the trial court shall certify that it does not

exist.” In response, the trial court stated in a supplemental letter that the internal affairs report did

not exist in its file or its court reporter’s records.

        On September 17, 2014, after receiving the trial court’s response, we dismissed this

application because, according to records from the Texas Department of Criminal Justice,

Applicant’s sentence had discharged and he had not raised collateral consequences. See TEX . CODE

CRIM . PROC. art. 11.07, § 3(c).

        The State has now filed a suggestion for reconsideration in this Court and urges us to

reconsider our September 17 dismissal and to deny this application. We withdraw our September

17 dismissal on our own motion and remand this application to the trial court.

        On remand, the trial court shall determine whether the internal affairs report exists and is

available. In making this determination, the trial court shall consider whether the report is in the

possession of the Cameron County Sheriff’s Department or other law enforcement agency. If the

report exists and is available, the trial court shall order the District Clerk to forward it to this Court.

If the report does not exist, the trial court shall certify that it does not exist.

        This application will be held in abeyance until the record has been supplemented. The

supplemental record shall be forwarded to this Court within 60 days of the date of this order. Any
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extensions of time shall be obtained from this Court.

Filed: June 29, 2016
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