Court Opinion

ID: 9396325
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-05-21 16:09:21.963314+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:19:16.102517
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IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS
                        OF TEXAS
                                        NO. WR-94,752-01

                           EX PARTE CLONE KINSEY, Applicant

                ON APPLICATION FOR A WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS
                CAUSE NO. 1650087-A IN THE 228TH DISTRICT COURT
                             FROM HARRIS COUNTY

       Per curiam.

                                          OPINION

       Applicant was convicted of continuous sexual abuse of a child and sentenced to 32 years’

imprisonment. He 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.

       Applicant contends that he did not receive timely notice from the appellate court or counsel

notifying him of the disposition of his appeal and informing him of his right to file a petition for

discretionary review (PDR). He states that he would have filed a PDR if he had been aware of his

rights. He avers that he is entitled to an out-of-time PDR. Ex parte Florentino, 206 S.W.3d 124, 125

(Tex. Crim. App. 2006). Based on the record, the trial court has determined that Applicant was

denied the right to file a pro se PDR through no fault of his own.
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        Relief is granted. Ex parte Riley, 193 S.W.3d 900, 902 (Tex. Crim. App. 2003) (“In this case,

there was a breakdown in the system, and due process requires that Applicant be permitted to

exercise his statutory right to file a petition for discretionary review.”) Applicant may file an out-of-

time PDR of the judgment of the First Court of Appeals in cause number 01-20-00088-CR. Should

Applicant decide to file a PDR, he must file it with this Court within thirty days from the date of this

Court’s mandate.

        Copies of this opinion shall be sent to the Texas Department of Criminal Justice–Correctional

Institutions Division and the Board of Pardons and Paroles.

Delivered: May 17, 2023
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