Court Opinion

ID: 4697130
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2021-06-21 07:19:37.99756+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T09:13:33.240177
License: Public Domain

IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS
                         OF TEXAS
                                         NO. WR-90,301-03

                          EX PARTE LYNDARIEN DAVIS, Applicant

                  ON APPLICATION FOR A WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS
                  CAUSE NO. 1552984-A IN THE 185TH DISTRICT COURT
                              FROM HARRIS COUNTY

        Per curiam.

                                             ORDER

        Applicant pleaded true to a motion to revoke and was sentenced to five years’ imprisonment

for aggravated robbery. Applicant 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 the trial court lacked jurisdiction and that his plea was involuntary

because trial counsel did not raise the jurisdictional issue. Applicant has alleged facts that, if true,

might entitle him to relief. Hill v. Lockhart, 474 U.S. 52 (1985); Ex parte Argent, 393 S.W.3d 781

(Tex. Crim. App. 2013). Accordingly, the record should be developed. The trial court is the

appropriate forum for findings of fact. TEX . CODE CRIM . PROC. art. 11.07, § 3(d). The trial court

shall order trial counsel to respond to Applicant’s claims. In developing the record, the trial court
                                                                                                       2

may use any means set out in Article 11.07, § 3(d). It appears that Applicant is represented by

counsel. If the trial court elects to hold a hearing, it shall determine if Applicant is represented by

counsel, and if not, whether Applicant is indigent. If Applicant is indigent and wishes to be

represented by counsel, the trial court shall appoint an attorney to represent Applicant at the hearing.

TEX . CODE CRIM . PROC. art. 26.04. If counsel is appointed or retained, the trial court shall

immediately notify this Court of counsel’s name.

        The trial court shall make findings of fact and conclusions of law as to whether it had

jurisdiction in this case and whether trial counsel was ineffective. The trial court may make any other

findings and conclusions that it deems appropriate in response to Applicant’s claims.

        The trial court shall make findings of fact and conclusions of law within ninety days from

the date of this order. The district clerk shall then immediately forward to this Court the trial court’s

findings and conclusions and the record developed on remand, including, among other things,

affidavits, motions, objections, proposed findings and conclusions, orders, and transcripts from

hearings and depositions. See TEX . R. APP . P. 73.4(b)(4). Any extensions of time must be requested

by the trial court and obtained from this Court.

Filed: June 16, 2021
Do not publish