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IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS
                         OF TEXAS
                                          NO. AP-76,646

                      EX PARTE SHERRI FREDERICK, Applicant

            ON APPLICATION FOR A WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS
        CAUSE NO. 1277741-B IN THE 339 TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT
                          FROM HARRIS COUNTY

       Per curiam.

                                           OPINION

       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 writ of habeas corpus. Ex parte

Young, 418 S.W.2d 824, 826 (Tex. Crim. App. 1967). Applicant pleaded guilty to possession of a

controlled substance and was sentenced to six months’ state jail imprisonment. She did not appeal

her conviction.

       Applicant contends that she is actually innocent of the offense to which she pleaded guilty.

Applicant was arrested on September 12, 2010. The substance she possessed was sent to the

Houston Police Department crime lab for testing, but testing was not completed until February 23,
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2011. The results of the testing were not available until more than four months after Applicant

entered a negotiated plea of guilty, on October 1, 2010. The results of the testing showed no

controlled substance in the evidence gathered from Applicant’s arrest.

       The trial court has determined that Applicant is entitled to relief on the basis of actual

innocence. See Ex parte Tuley, 109 S.W.3d 388 (Tex. Crim. App. 2002). Relief is granted. The

judgment in Cause No. 1277741 in the 339th Judicial District Court of Harris County is set aside,

and Applicant is remanded to the custody of the sheriff of Harris County to answer the charges as

set out in the indictment. The trial court shall issue any necessary bench warrant within 10 days after

the mandate of this Court issues.

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

Institutions Division and Pardons and Paroles Division.

Delivered: September 28, 2011
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